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US 2017/0001313 A1Published application
Supporting and gripping device in particular for container filling and/or capping lines
AssigneeRonchi Mario S.P.A.
InventorCesare RONCHI
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Abstract
A device for supporting and gripping containers (1,1a), comprising a base (10;110;210) which defines an upper surface (15;115,215) supporting a container (1;1a); devices (20;120;220) for gripping the container (1,1a), associated with the said base (10;110;210); and devices (30;130;230) for actuating the devices (30;130;230) for gripping the container (1,1a).
Claims11
A device for supporting and gripping containers (1,1a), comprising:
- a base (10;110;210) defining an upper surface (15;115;215) for supporting a container (1,1a);
- devices (20;120;220) for gripping the container (1,1a), associated with the said base (10;110;210);
- devices (30;130;230) for actuating the devices (20;120;220) for gripping the container (1,1a), wherein said gripping devices (20;120;220) comprise at least one pair of jaws (22;122;222), each rotating between a position, pivoted downwards, substantially contained below the upper surface (15;115;215) of the base (10;110;210), and a raised position for gripping the container (1,1a) on the upper surface, and wherein said gripping devices (20;120;220) comprise at least one pair of sliders (21;121;221) inserted in the base (10;110;210) inside a respective seat (16;116;216) and translationally movable in both senses of different—angularly spaced—directions upon operation of the said actuating devices (30;130;230), each jaw being associated with a respective slider (21;121;221).
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