公开(公告)号：US20200346791A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16962871

申请日：2018-12-19

Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

Inventor： Catello SORRENTINO ,  Gabriele NEVA ,  Massimo CAVAGNI ,  Luca TESTONI ,  Luca LANZARINI ,  Luca FEDERICI

IPC: B65B3/04 ,  B65B57/04 ,  B65B43/42 ,  B65B31/00 ,  B65G47/86 ,  B65G47/244

Abstract: A machine for filling cartridges for aerosol-generating devices—includes a feed line, which supplies cartridges to be filled with their corresponding ends facing upwards, a filling station, which receives the cartridges and has at least one dispensing nozzle which is mobile along a path of forward stroke and is pre-arranged for dispensing a product, first inspection means for inspecting the cartridge ends in order to identify, for each one, a position of the corresponding open area; and an orientation station, which receives the cartridges that have been inspected and includes orientation means for rotating each cartridge about its own longitudinal axis based on the corresponding identified position, and bringing the open area into a pre-set reference position for enabling entry of the dispensing nozzle into the open area when the dispensing nozzle is driven along the path of forward stroke.

公开(公告)号：US20200275708A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-03

申请号：US16650827

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

Inventor： Luca TESTONI ,  Carlo MORETTI ,  Paolo DEGLIESPOSTI ,  Luca LANZARINI ,  Luca FEDERICI

IPC: A24F40/70 ,  B61B13/12 ,  B65G54/02

Abstract: A system for conveying electronic cigarette components, including: a guide including a stopping station; a carriage to slide along the guide; a retaining device for holding a component of an electronic cigarette; and a locking unit for locking the carriage relative to the guide at the stopping station. The locking unit includes: two abutment elements, mounted on the carriage and disposed at a predetermined mutual distance; and an inserting element which is: disposed at the stopping station; shaped such that first and second edges contact the abutment elements, respectively, when the carriage is at the stopping station; movable between a retracted position free from the abutment elements to allow the carriage to slide, and an advanced position contacting the abutment elements to prevent the carriage from sliding. Each abutment element is rotatable about its axis to facilitate movement of the inserting element between the two positions.