公开(公告)号：US20230348205A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US17998649

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea BIONDI ,  Luca CAVAZZA ,  Umberto ZANETTI ,  Enrico CAMPAGNOLI ,  Antonio GIGANTE ,  Giacomo NOFERINI ,  Cristian DAKESSIAN

IPC: B65G47/86

CPC classification number: B65G47/847 ,  B65G2201/0258 ,  B65G2201/0261 ,  B65G2201/027

Abstract: An apparatus and a transfer process for articles are presented. The articles are transferred without risk of damage when gripped by pincer grip devices, regardless of article shape and gripping manner. The apparatus includes a first transport device, having pincer grip devices, moving along a first closed path, each having pincer claws projecting outward from the first closed path. The pincer claws are movable from a gripping position to a release position. The apparatus also includes a second transport device, having tray-like elements moving along a respective second closed path and configured to receive respective articles resting thereon. The first and second transport devices cooperate with each other at one or two exchange segments where the first closed path is superimposed on said second closed path and where the articles transported in the pincer grip devices are laid on tray-like elements and/or removed therefrom.

公开(公告)号：US20230339701A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US17998791

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Luca CAVAZZA ,  Giacomo NOFERINI ,  Antonio VITALI

IPC: B65G47/71

CPC classification number: B65G47/71

Abstract: A transport unit for moving articles along a conveyor from a first station to a second station is presented. The unit includes a first conveyor segment having entry lanes separated from each other, a second conveyor segment downstream of the first conveyor segment to receive the articles from the first segment and having exit lanes separated from each other, in a number equal to the entry lanes, and a switching device, interposed between the first conveyor segment and the second conveyor segment. The switching device is movable between a first operating configuration, where each entry lane is in communication with a respective exit lane, and at least one second operating configuration, where at least one entry lane is selectively put in communication with an exit lane different from the exit lane with which the at least one entry lane communicates in the first operating configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20230339687A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US17998310

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea BIONDI ,  Luca CAVAZZA ,  Umberto ZANETTI ,  Enrico CAMPAGNOLI ,  Antonio GIGANTE

IPC: B65G11/06 ,  B65B29/02 ,  B65B41/00

CPC classification number: B65G11/063 ,  B65B29/022 ,  B65B41/00

Abstract: A feed unit for articles includes a guide extending along a guide longitudinal axis to define a linear feed path for such articles. The guide is for accommodating articles arranged in a row one after the other and to guide the articles as the articles move along the linear feed path. The articles have a characteristic length corresponding to their size along the longitudinal axis. At least one segment of the guide is progressively rotated about the guide longitudinal axis by a total angle greater than 180° and with an angular variation per unit of linear measurement such that, substantially for each portion of the linear feed path equal to the characteristic length of the articles, the guide is rotated about the longitudinal axis by an angle greater than 4°.

公开(公告)号：US20230312154A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-05

申请号：US18006565

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea BIONDI ,  Luca CAVAZZA ,  Umberto ZANETTI ,  Enrico CAMPAGNOLI ,  Antonio GIGANTE ,  Giacomo NOFERINI ,  Cristian DAKESSIAN ,  Gianluca PARISINI ,  Marco FIORENTINI

IPC: B65B57/04 ,  B65B43/50 ,  B65B29/02 ,  B65B65/00

CPC classification number: B65B57/04 ,  B65B43/50 ,  B65B29/022 ,  B65B65/003

Abstract: A method for controlling a production process for articles includes: feeding a plurality of articles to a first operating unit where the articles are subjected to a first processing operation; controlling at least one characteristic of the articles outgoing from the first operating unit; identifying among the outgoing articles a first group and a second group of articles, in which the at least one characteristic is respectively in accordance or not with predetermined quality parameters; transferring the articles outgoing from the first operating unit to at least one second operating unit, where the articles are subjected to at least one second processing operation; allowing the at least one second operating unit to perform the at least one second processing operation on the first group of articles; receiving the articles outgoing from the at least one second operating unit, and then discarding the second group of articles.

公开(公告)号：US20230227192A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US17998348

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea BIONDI ,  Luca CAVAZZA ,  Umberto ZANETTI ,  Enrico CAMPAGNOLI ,  Antonio GIGANTE ,  Giacomo NOFERINI ,  Cristian DAKESSIAN

IPC: B65B43/50 ,  B65B1/12 ,  B65B29/02 ,  B65B43/59

CPC classification number: B65B43/50 ,  B65B1/12 ,  B65B29/022 ,  B65B43/59

Abstract: A movement and filling unit of a container includes a movement and filling equipment. The equipment includes in turn: a frame, a metering member configured to release a filling product through a release opening, a movement device moveably secured to the frame, a housing with at least one seat, secured to the movement device. The movement device is configured to move the at least one seat along a movement trajectory where the following positions are defined: a removal position in which the container is housed in the at least one seat, a filling position in which the at least one seat is vertically aligned at a position under the release opening, and a release position in which the container with the product is removed from the at least one seat.

公开(公告)号：US20220307888A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17619171

申请日：2020-07-08

Applicant: G.D S.p.A.

Inventor： Andrea BIONDI ,  Luca CAVAZZA ,  Luca CERATI ,  Claudia DE MARIA ,  Giacomo NOFERINI ,  Stefano SINIGARDI ,  Noemi ZORDAN

IPC: G01G9/00 ,  G01G17/00 ,  G01G23/01

Abstract: An inspection device for inspecting containers (100) comprises a rotary conveyor (2), provided with a plurality of receiving cavities (5), and a measuring station (400) configured to inspect each container (100) while the container (100) is being supported and moved by the conveyor (2), wherein the conveyor (2) has continuous motion and the measuring station (400) comprises a microwave detector provided with a measuring zone (410) through which each container (100) passes in order to generate an information item relating to at least one of the following: weight of the container (100) as a whole or of the dose of product contained therein, type of product inside the container (100), presence of foreign bodies in the container (100).

公开(公告)号：US20240367834A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18777981

申请日：2024-07-19

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea BIONDI ,  Luca CAVAZZA ,  Umberto ZANETTI ,  Enrico CAMPAGNOLI ,  Antonio GIGANTE

IPC: B65B29/02 ,  B65B7/28 ,  B65B51/22

Abstract: A coupling method for coupling a component of a container to the container is presented. The method includes: arranging a coupling unit including a coupling assembly with a frame, a gripping device for the component, a coupling device for constraining the component to the container; arranging the container and the component at least partially within the container, providing at least a minimum spacing between a bottom of the component and a base of the container; moving and activating the gripping device at a removal position of the component; and activating the coupling element to produce a stable coupling between the couplable portion of the component and the container, deactivating and moving the coupling element.

公开(公告)号：US20240228093A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18558616

申请日：2022-04-12

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Luca CAVAZZA ,  Andrea BIONDI ,  Umberto ZANETTI ,  Enrico CAMPAGNOLI

IPC: B65B43/52 ,  B65B7/28 ,  B65B51/14 ,  B65B57/08

CPC classification number: B65B43/52 ,  B65B7/2878 ,  B65B51/14 ,  B65B57/08

Abstract: A packaging apparatus for articles to be packaged includes: a transport system having a transport direction for the articles to be packaged and a plurality of rigid transport elements pulled in a sequence and extend transversely to the transport direction, each one having a plurality of seats defining a predefined pattern; a packaging station, arranged along the transport direction transport, having a stationary support structure and a packaging system with a plurality of operating devices each one being arranged in a predetermined position with respect to the other operating devices, each of the operating devices able to carry out a packaging operation on a corresponding article to be packaged at the transit of the respective transport element near the packaging station; and a movement mechanism, integral with the support structure, rigidly moving at least a part of the operating devices with respect to corresponding seats of a single transport element.

公开(公告)号：US20230264845A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18006791

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea BIONDI ,  Luca CAVAZZA ,  Umberto ZANETTI ,  Enrico CAMPAGNOLI ,  Antonio GIGANTE ,  Giacomo NOFERINI ,  Cristian DAKESSIAN ,  Gianluca PARISINI ,  Marco FIORENTINI

IPC: B65B51/22 ,  B65B7/28 ,  B65B43/50 ,  B65B29/02

CPC classification number: B65B51/225 ,  B65B7/2878 ,  B65B43/50 ,  B65B29/022

Abstract: A coupling unit for coupling a component for a container includes a coupling equipment. The coupling equipment includes: a frame, a housing constrained to the frame, a gripping device rotatably constrained with respect to the frame and including a retaining element to selectively retain the component, and a coupling device constrained to the gripping device with respect to the frame, the coupling device including a coupling element to constrain a portion of the component to a coupling surface of the container at a coupling position. The gripping device and the coupling device can move along an arc with a curved trajectory to a removal position where the retaining element is oriented to receive at least one component to be retained, and to a coupling position where the retaining element and the coupling element bring an abutment surface of the container and a couplable portion of the component into contact.

公开(公告)号：US20230227189A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US17998353

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea BIONDI ,  Luca CAVAZZA ,  Umberto ZANETTI ,  Enrico CAMPAGNOLI ,  Antonio GIGANTE

IPC: B65B29/02 ,  B65G33/06 ,  B65G15/14 ,  B65G47/31 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65B35/10 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B61/20

CPC classification number: B65B29/022 ,  B65G33/06 ,  B65G15/14 ,  B65G47/31 ,  B65G43/08 ,  B65B35/10 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B61/20 ,  B65G2811/095 ,  B65G2203/0233

Abstract: A feed unit for articles includes: a first feeding device; a second feeding device for individually picking up the articles from the first feeding device at a removal location at a predetermined time interval; and a synchronization device for receiving the articles from the first feeding device and to moving the articles into the removal location. A control system is also provided, to adjust the speed of the synchronization device in such a manner that each article reaches the removal location at the predetermined time interval in order to be picked up by the second feeding device.