CLAMP DEVICE AND RELATED TRANSFER APPARATUS
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230348204A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US17998647

    申请日:2021-07-26

    Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

    CPC classification number: B65G47/847

    Abstract: A pincer device for gripping and releasing articles from an operating station to a subsequent station, capable of operating, in a transfer apparatus, with a minimum footprint, without interfering with other pincer devices arranged at close range thereto, is presented. The pincer device has a pair of gripping claws, cooperating with each other and having each a proximal end and a distal end, a gripping edge facing the gripping edge of the other gripping claw, and a longitudinal development following a predefined respective direction. The pincer device also has a driving mechanism, having at least one rotary actuator connected to a respective proximal end, configured to rotate each gripping claw from a gripping position to a release position by rotating each gripping claw about a rotation axis parallel to the predefined direction. In the gripping position, the gripping edges have a minimum spacing therebetween, progressively increasing towards the release position.

    PACKAGING APPARATUS AND PROCESS
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230271733A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-31

    申请号:US18006719

    申请日:2021-07-26

    Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

    CPC classification number: B65B7/01 B65B29/022 B65B7/2807 B65B7/162

    Abstract: In an apparatus and a packaging process of capsules with an opening closed by a laminar lid obtained by cutting a strip, the ability of transporting the laminar lids in several lines is introduced, reducing the overall dimensions. The apparatus includes: a cutting device with a mechanism defining a portion of the strip where the strip is tensioned in a respective cutting plane, and one or more punches obtaining the laminar lids from the strip; a carousel-like transfer device, having transfer members movable along a closed path, with gripping heads configured to receive respective laminar lids from the cutting device. The cutting plane is in a vertical position, and the mutual position of the cutting device and the transfer device defines a gripping spot of the closed path, the laminar lids being retained in the transfer members on a respective plane in a vertical position.

    TRANSFER APPARATUS AND PROCESS
    7.
    发明公开

    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.

    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.

    TRANSPORT UNIT FOR ARTICLES
    8.
    发明公开

    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.

    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.

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