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Device for loading or unloading containers comprising a neck on a transporting element

US7849996B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 2006
Grant dateDec 14, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C49/4238
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a device for loading (10) or unloading (58) preforms (12) comprising a neck (20) on a transporting element (14) which includes a device (28) for individually gripping one preform (12) by its neck, the loading or unloading device comprising: means for dispensing (32, 42) preforms which include means for individually receiving (42) each preform, the trajectory of the receiving means and the trajectory of the gripping means, in planar projection, being tangent in at least one intersecting point (P3, P4) wherein the preform (12) being in a gripping position, the neck (20) of the preform (12) is vertically arranged opposite the gripping member; means for synchronizing the movement of the receiving means relative to the movement of the gripping member. The invention is characterized in that the trajectory of the receiving means and the trajectory of the gripping member are superimposed along at least one intersecting line (P3-P1, P2-P4).

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