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US 8,281,918 B2Granted
Unit for transferring products
AssigneeGDM S.p.A.
InventorsMatteo Piantoni, Alberto Perego, Aldo Fusarpoli
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Abstract
Products are transferred in an automatic manufacturing machine by a unit (1) equipped with multiple transport heads (8), and a drive system (10) comprising at least two transmission assemblies (11a, 11b) by which the heads (8) are set in motion. The transport heads (8) are divided operationally into a first group (12) and a second group (13), in which motion is induced by a respective first transmission assembly (11a) and a respective second transmission assembly (11b).
Claims17
A unit for transferring products, comprising:
- a plurality of transport heads by which products are transferred, and a drive system comprising a plurality of assemblies by which motion is induced in the transport heads, the plurality of transport heads comprising a first group of heads and a second group of heads, driven respectively by a first motion-inducing assembly and a second motion-inducing assembly;
- each motion-inducing assembly comprising at least one first gear and at least one second gear, each having a non-circular profile;
- the first non-circular gears of the first motion-inducing assembly and the second motion-inducing assembly being keyed onto a single main drive shaft by which the drive system is activated and kept in motion.
A unit for transferring products, comprising:
- a plurality of transport heads by which products are transferred, and a drive system comprising a plurality of assemblies by which motion is induced in the transport heads, the plurality of transport heads comprising a first group of heads and a second group of heads, driven respectively by a first motion-inducing assembly and a second motion-inducing assembly;
- each motion-inducing assembly comprising at least one first gear and at least one second gear, each having a non-circular profile;
- wherein the second non-circular gears of the first motion-inducing assembly and the second motion-inducing assembly are mutually coaxial and associated respectively with a driven shaft and with a sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.