# US 4,394,902 A · Offset device for arranging along two parallel lines, articles which arrive from a single line

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- Number: US 4,394,902 A
- Document ID: US4394902A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/267,295
- Filed: 1981-05-26
- Granted: 1983-07-26
- Earliest claimed: 1980-06-06
- Assignees: Costruzioni Meccaniche G. Mazzoni S.p.A.
- Inventors: Guido Mazzoni
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4394902A

## CPC

- C11D 13/16: in moulds
- C11D: DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL

## Abstract

In a feed line of articles arranged one after the other on a movable conveyor belt or the like so as to make up a continuous row, the articles being under the control of a longitudinal guide device, a stop member is provided for blocking this row of articles at the cavity of the molding box into which one article is to be introduced by a pusher. A drawing member is provided for another article in the row, the drawing member being reciprocated in a direction at right angles to the row of articles, so as to form a second row guided by second guide devices. A second stop member is provided for the second row, and a second pusher is provided for introducing the individual articles of the second row into a second cavity of the molding box in which such articles are received.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An offset device for arranging along two parallel lines articles which arrive from a single line, wherein a row of articles is arranged one after the other on a movable conveyor belt or the like so as to make up a continuous row subjected to a longitudinal guide device, a stop member for stopping the leading article in front of a cavity into which said article is to be introduced, pushing means for introducing said leading article into said cavity of the molding box, a drawing member mounted for reciprocating motion at right angles to said first row of articles to displace preselected articles from said first row to a second row parallel to the first row, a second guide device, a second stop member for the leading article of said second row and a second pushing means for introducing said leading article of said second row into a second cavity of the molding box capable of receiving the same.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1, wherein said drawing member is a sucker.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1, wherein said drawing member effects a reciprocating movement integral with the movement of the pushers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A device according to claim 3, wherein said pushers and drawing member are slidably mounted with respect to one another, so that they can be displaced in a longitudinal direction relative to the rows of articles to accommodate different sizes of the articles.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A device according to claim 1, wherein the handling of the articles as carried out by the drawing member and pushers is provided by means of the driving motion of a molding machine of which they are part.