Cap transfer unit having a movable cap pusher
AssigneeSidel Participations
InventorIvano Ceci
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Abstract
A cap transfer unit (1) comprising a cap transfer line (8) defining a transfer path (5) from a cap loading area (4) to a cap discharge area (6), and a cap pusher (16) slidingly mounted along the cap transfer line (8), the cap pusher (16) having a rest position in which the cap pusher (16) is spaced from the transfer path (5), and an active position in which the cap pusher (16) overlaps at least partially the transfer path (5) for coming into abutment with caps (2) located therein.
Claims17
A cap transfer unit comprising a guide rail defining a transfer path from a cap loading area to a cap discharge area, a star wheel in the loading area, the star wheel interposed between an upstream cap feeding line and the guide rail for feeding the caps to the transfer path, and a cap pusher slidingly mounted along the guide rail, the cap pusher having a rest position in which the cap pusher is spaced from the transfer path, and an active position in which the cap pusher overlaps at least partially the transfer path for coming into abutment with caps located therein.
A cap transfer unit, comprising:
- a cap loading area;
- a cap discharge area;
- a guide rail defining a transfer path between the cap loading area and the cap discharge area;
- a cap feeding line upstream of the guide rail;
- a star wheel at the cap loading area, the star wheel interposed between the cap feeding line and the guide rail for feeding the caps to the transfer path;
- a cap pusher mounted for movement along the guide rail, the cap pusher having a rest position in which the cap pusher is spaced from the transfer path, and an active position in which the cap pusher overlaps at least partially the transfer path for coming into abutment with a trailing cap located on the transfer path and forcing the trailing cap to move downstream on the transfer path.
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