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Rearrangement device for container with loose articles and/or products, and rearrangement method

US5894712A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 1996
Grant dateApr 20, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B1/22
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Device for subjecting a container containing products in bulk form to a movement, in which a set of movement means is provided for said movement, said movement means consisting of toss-up means which are formed by a set of bellows which are controllable in a predetermined way, which is such that the container for placing on a frame of the device with which the bellows interact is subjected to a toss-up movement in a particular sequence at various sides thereof, in order to rearrange the products in said container and method therefor.

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