Installation for packaging a product in containers closed with a stopper and dynamic storage device for stoppers usable therein
US6401973B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB67B3/062
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An installation for the packaging of a product in containers closed with a stopper, including in particular a filling machine (1), a stopping machine (3) and, upstream of this, a device (6) for the dynamic storage of stoppers suitable to drive the stoppers continuously and with a pre-specified pitch, the number of stoppers present simultaneously in the device (6) being at least equal to that of the containers present in a pre-specified part (7) of the installation, means (8) for the control of the supply of stoppers being provided upstream of the device (6) to control a device (10) for supplying containers located upstream of the pre-specified part (7); thus, for every container engaged in the pre-specified part (7) corresponds a stopper present in the device (6) supplying the stopping machine (3) and, in the event of an incident in the supply of stoppers upstream of the device (6), the supply of containers from the pre-specified part (7) is controlled (9, 10) while maintaining the operation of the terminal part of the installation at least until the incident is over.
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