Article positioning machine
AssigneeJaime Marti Sala & Alex Marti Mercade
InventorsJaime Martí Sala, Alex Martí Mercadé
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Abstract
Comprises a pre-orientating device (2) suitable for placing a plurality of articles (50) in the vertical position, randomly head up or head down, on a conveyor (1); detection means (3) for detecting the articles (50) that are in at least one of said positions, head up or head down, on conveyor (1); and ejection means (4) for selectively ejecting from conveyor (1) those articles (50) that are in one of said undesired head up or head down positions, on the basis on said detection. It optionally comprises reloading means (15) suitable for picking up those articles (50) that are ejected from conveyor (1) by ejection means (4), conveying them and loading them again into pre-orientating device (2).
Claims15
Article positioning machine, said articles being stable in a vertical position, both head up and head down, comprising in combination:
- a conveyor;
- a pre-orientating device having a rotary structure mounted and driven so as to rotate with respect to a shaft, and a plurality of cavities joined to said rotary structure, each cavity being sized to accept an article only in a vertical position, either head up or head down;
- height regulating means to adapt the cavities to different height articles;
- diversion means for diverting articles from the cavities to said conveyor in said vertical position, randomly head un or head down, as said rotary structure rotates, the articles being placed at regular intervals on the conveyor;
- detection means for detecting those articles that are in at least one of said positions, head up or head down, on the conveyor;
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- ejection means for selectively ejecting from the conveyor the articles that are in an undesired one of said positions, head up or head down, on the basis of said detection.
Article positioning machine, said articles being stable in a vertical position, both head up and head down, comprising in combination:
- a conveyor;
- a pre-orientating device having a plurality of cavities and adapted for placing a plurality of articles in a vertical position on said conveyor, randomly head up or head down, said pre-orientating device comprising height regulating means for varying a distance between a surface and stationary support plane so as to adapt the cavities to different height articles;
- detection means for detecting those articles that are in at least one of said positions, head up or head down, on the conveyor;
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- ejection means for selectively ejecting from the conveyor the articles that are in an undesired one of said positions, head up or head down, on the basis of said detection.
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