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US 6,382,897 B2Granted
Unit for sorting and transferring sheets of glass
AssigneeBottero S.p.A.
InventorsRoberto Mattio, Sebastiano Bisotto, Giacomo Aimar
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Abstract
A unit for sorting and transferring sheets of glass has a number of carriages, each having a number of compartments for receiving respective sheets of glass; and a sorting device for supporting the sheets and feeding each of the sheets into a respective compartment; the sorting device having a support for supporting a sheet and rotating about an axis of rotation; and the carriages being arranged in a ring about the rotary support.
Claims14
A unit (1) for sorting and transferring sheets (2) of glass;
- the unit (1) comprising a number of carriages (29), each having a number of compartments (33), each for receiving at least one respective sheet (2) of glass;
- and sorting means (6, 16) for supporting the sheets (2) and feeding each of the sheets (2) into a respective compartment (33);
- characterized in that said sorting means (6, 16) comprise rotary supporting means (7, 16) rotating about an axis (10) of rotation;
- and in that said carriages (29) are arranged in a ring about said rotary supporting means (7, 16).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.