Ejector finger for a device for supplying sorted closure elements and method for manufacturing by molding
AssigneeSidel Participations
InventorsDaniel SPIESSER, Emmanuel ROTH
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Abstract
The present invention concerns an ejector finger for ejecting closure elements, comprising a body provided with a base and, on the opposite side, a distal end comprising a front zone for coming into contact with the closure elements to be ejected, and the at least one distal end comprises an insert provided with at least one surface dimensioned so as to at least partially cover the front zone. The invention also concerns a device for supplying sorted closure elements, with ejector means comprising at least one such finger. The invention further concerns a method for manufacturing the ejector finger by molding.
Claims20
A finger (3) for ejecting closure elements (1), comprising:
- a body (31) provided with a base (30) and, on the opposite side, a distal end (33);
- said distal end (33) comprising a front zone (34) for coming into contact with one of said closure elements (1) to be ejected,
- wherein
- the distal end (33) comprises an insert (4) provided with at least one front surface (40) sized so as at least partially to cover said front zone (34).
A device (2) for supplying sorted closure elements (1), comprising:
- a volume (20) for bulk storage of said closure elements (1);
- an elevator conveyor (21) in the form of a belt provided with an ascending run penetrating said storage volume (20);
- said elevator conveyor (21) comprising on its exterior face a plurality of cleats (22) oriented transversely relative to said belt and spaced in such a manner as to determine a housing (23) between two adjacent cleats (22), each housing (23) taking up a plurality of said closure elements (1) during its passage inside said storage volume (20);
- mechanical means (25) for ejecting the closure elements (1) present in each housing (23) on reaching the upper part of said elevator conveyor (21),
- wherein said ejector means (25) comprise at least one ejector finger (3) as claimed in any one of preceding claims.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.