Grasping member and assembly for transferring hollow glass item
AssigneeBottero S.p.A.
InventorsBruno VIADA, Luca MACAGNO
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Abstract
A glass item shaped in a moulding machine and arranged on a supporting plate is moved along a discharge conveyor by means of a transfer assembly having at least one grasping member made in one single piece, and presenting one vertical attachment plate on one handling arm and at least one first plate-shaped body extending in an overhanging manner from the vertical plate and having a recess housing, at least partially, in use, an intermediate portion of the item; the recess being delimited by a supporting inner surface complementary to an outer surface of the intermediate portion.
Claims17
A movable grasping member for a device for transferring hollow glass items from a horizontal supporting plate to a discharge conveyor, the grasping member having at least one housing seat for at least one portion of an item to be transferred, and comprising a vertical attachment plate designed to be connected to said transfer device, and means for retaining said glass item in said seat, characterised in that said retaining means comprise at least a first plate-shaped body extending in an overhanging manner from said vertical plate and stably connected to an upper terminal portion of said vertical plate;
- said first plate-shaped body having a recess designed to house, in use, at least partially, the portion of the item to be transferred and delimited by an inner surface for supporting the item;
- said inner surface being complementary to an outer surface of said portion of the item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.