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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160059982 | CONTAINER HANDLING MACHINE AND METHOD - A container handling machine having at least one operative unit is disclosed. The container handling machine includes a plunger configured to selectively move along a longitudinal axis and to deform a base of a container from a first swollen configuration to a second inwardly-retracted configuration, and an actuator configured to selectively move the plunger along the longitudinal axis between a first position, in which the plunger is detached from the base of the container, and a second position, in which the plunger deforms the base to the second configuration. The container handling machine further includes a control unit configured to selectively activate the actuator for producing a first stroke of the plunger along the longitudinal axis between the first position and the second position, in order to deform the base of the container. | 03-03-2016 |
20160059981 | CONTAINER HANDLING MACHINE AND METHOD - A container handling machine having at least one operative unit is disclosed. The container handling machine includes a first support unit configured to support a base of a filled and closed container, a second support unit configured to cooperate with an end of the container opposite the base, a plunger configured to selectively move along a longitudinal axis to deform the base of the container from a first swollen configuration to a second inwardly-retracted configuration, and an actuator configured to selectively move the plunger along the longitudinal axis between a first position, in which the plunger is detached from the base of the container, and a second position, in which the plunger deforms the base to the second configuration. | 03-03-2016 |
20160058237 | FLUID-AGITATING TANK ASSEMBLY FOR A MACHINE FOR FILLING CONTAINERS - A fluid-agitating tank assembly is disclosed. The tank assembly includes a tank filled with a fluid, and an agitator disposed in the tank so as to be at least partially immersed in the fluid and supported by the tank in a rotatable manner about an axis. The agitator includes a double helix disposed in an upper volume of the tank and adapted to act on the fluid to transform unidirectional rotation of the agitator about the axis into a bidirectional movement of the fluid in the tank towards bottom and top portions of the tank, and at least one rotary blade projecting transversally from the axis, disposed in a lower volume of the tank, and rotating about the axis to move the fluid towards at least one lateral outlet of the tank. | 03-03-2016 |
20150375979 | CAPPING MACHINE - A capping machine for applying a cap on an open end of a container that is made of a deformable material and filled with a pourable product is disclosed. The machine comprises a conveying device and at least one operative unit moved by the conveying device along a processing path. The at least one operative unit comprises a support portion configured to receive and retain a container, and at least one capping head movable to and away from the open end of the container to apply the cap onto the open end of the container. The at least one operative unit further comprises a plunger movable to and away from an opposite closed end of the container to deform the closed end of the container so as to reduce an interior volume of the container and to increase an interior pressure of the container. | 12-31-2015 |
20150274438 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT ONE OPERATION ON ARTICLES - A machine for carrying out at least one operation onto a first article and a second article is disclosed. The machine comprises feeding means for advancing a succession of the first article and the second article along a path and with a first speed; a first operative group, which comprises a first tool configured for carrying out operation onto the first article and which can be operated with a second speed associated to the first speed; gap creating means selectively controllable to create a first gap, which is arranged inside succession and is bounded between the first article and the second article; and a second operative group, which comprises a second tool configured for carrying out operation onto the second article and which can be operated at the second speed. | 10-01-2015 |
20150274349 | LABELLING MACHINE AND METHOD WITH MASTER-SLAVE LABELLING GROUPS - A labelling machine for applying a first label and a second label onto a first article and a second article is disclosed. The labelling machine comprises a first conveyor for conveying a succession of the first article and the second article along a path; a first labelling group, which can be selectively arranged in a first operative configuration; and gap creating means adapted to create a first gap, which is arranged inside the succession and is bounded between the first article and the second article. The first labelling group is selectively arrangeable in a first rest configuration. The labelling machine further comprises a second labelling group, which can be selectively moved between a second rest configuration and a second operative configuration, in which it the second labelling group transfers, in use, the second label to the second article. | 10-01-2015 |
20150183538 | UNIT FOR CARRYING OUT AN OPERATION ON A CONTAINER FILLABLE WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT - A unit for carrying out an operation on a container fillable with a pourable product is disclosed. The unit comprises: a first area; a second area; at least one operative head, which is adapted to carry out the operation; at least one gripping device for gripping the container and which is movable between a rest position, in which the at least one gripping device receives or discharges the container; and an operative position, in which the at least one gripping device sets the container in a position in which the container undergoes the operation. The unit further comprises: a movable element, which is operatively connected to the at least one gripping device for moving the at least one gripping device between the rest position and the operative position, and which comprises a portion movable between the first area and the second area; and a bellow. | 07-02-2015 |
20150175290 | LABELLING UNIT FOR APPLYING A LABEL ONTO AN ARTICLE - A labelling unit comprises: support means, a receiving member, adapted to carry an article on a top end and to receive a label on a lateral surface, and supported by the support means in a translating and rotating manner with respect to a given axis, driving means including a driving shaft carried by the support means in a rotating manner about the axis and engaging an axial hole of the receiving member, and releasable fastening means to connect the driving shaft to the receiving member in a predetermined axial position. The releasable fastening means comprise a spline element movable transversely to the axis between a retaining position, in which the spline element locks axially the receiving member onto the driving shaft, and a release position, in which the spline element allows extraction of the receiving member from the driving shaft and the support means along the axis. | 06-25-2015 |
20150158619 | LABELLING UNIT FOR APPLYING A LABEL ONTO AN ARTICLE - A labelling unit comprises support means and a receiving member adapted to carry an article to be labelled and to receive a label, and supported by the support means in a translational and rotational manner with respect to an axis. The receiving member is movable along an axis between a raised position, in which it axially protrudes from the support means and is adapted to receive the article on its top portion and the label wrapped around its lateral wall, and a retracted position, in which it is housed within the support means so as to permit insertion of the article into the label welded in an endless configuration. The lateral wall of the receiving member comprises first suction means cooperating in use with a leading edge of the label, and second suction means cooperating in use with a remaining part of the label. | 06-11-2015 |
20150152972 | VALVE PROVIDED WITH A MAGNETIC ACTUATOR - A valve is disclosed. The valve has a magnetic actuator, which is provided with a sleeve extending along an axis, with a movable core made of ferromagnetic material and axially guided by the inner surface of the sleeve, and with a magnetic stator arranged in a fixed position around the sleeve. The stator has a housing made of ferromagnetic material, a coil facing the external surface of the sleeve, and two magnets, which are aligned with the coil, are arranged on opposite axial sides of the coil, and have a same pole aimed against each other. The valve has a conduit with a valve seat axially facing a plug member, which is coaxial and fixed with respect to an end portion of the core, so as to open and close the valve seat. The core has at least one passage allowing a fluid to flow through the core. | 06-04-2015 |
20150129083 | FILLING UNIT AND METHOD FOR FILLING AN ARTICLE WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT - A filling unit for contact or contactless filling an article is disclosed. The filling unit includes a tank comprising: a first valve, which may allow or prevent the fluidic connection between a first region of the tank and the article; a first fluidic line which extends from the tank to the article in case of contact filling; a second valve, which may allow or prevent the flow along the first fluidic line; and a control unit configured to set the first valve in a first closed configuration and the second valve in a second open configuration in case of contact filling. The filling unit further includes a second fluidic line distinct from the first fluidic line and extends from the inner volume of the article to a discharge area distinct from the tank; and a third valve, which may allow or prevent the flow along the second fluidic line. | 05-14-2015 |
20150075117 | CONTAINER HANDLING MACHINE AND METHOD - A container handling machine is disclosed. The machine includes at least one operative unit comprising support means to support a shaped container, and a plunger selectively moved along a given axis to deform a base of the container from a first swollen configuration to a second configuration, in which the base is in part retracted inwardly of the container with respect to the first configuration so as to form a recess delimited by a boundary surface defining an internal volume of the container smaller than that in the first configuration. The plunger is provided with a shaped head interacting with the container base and comprising: first engaging means; and an interacting surface. | 03-19-2015 |
20150040515 | LABELLING MACHINE - A labelling machine for applying labels on respective containers is disclosed. The labelling machine is provided with at least one operative unit, adapted to receive a relative container to be labelled and having a support element for supporting a base portion of the container, with a conveyor device for transferring the operative unit from a feeding station of the containers to an outlet station, and with feeding means for providing at least one label to be applied on the container borne by the operative unit The operative unit also comprises an actuator element borne by the conveyor device on the opposite side of the support element with respect to the receiving position of the container. | 02-12-2015 |
20150034798 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A MODULAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF AN ITEM-PROCESSING MACHINE AND MODULAR STRUCTURE OF AN ITEM-PROCESSING MACHINE - Method for assembling a modular support structure of an item-processing machine comprising hubs for bearing respective shafts of moving members, and a plurality of link elements fixable at hubs, the method including: a) providing a toleranced jig plate with means defining the definitive boss position of hubs, b) providing fixing portions integral with hubs or fixing portions integral with link elements, fixing portions defining a volume for receiving in loose engagement a respective fixing portion and fillable with a curable resin, c) arranging hubs at their defined boss positions, d) arranging link elements in loose engagement with hubs to form a temporary skeleton, and e) permanently fixing link elements to respective fixing portions of hubs via injection and hardening of a curable resin. | 02-05-2015 |
20140239209 | MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED FLOW-RATE SELECTOR - A flow-rate selector having a main body at least partially defining a duct for feeding a pourable product; a shutter body mobile, within the main body, between a relative downstream stop position, in which the shutter body at least partially engages a segment of the main body defining an outlet of the pourable product, and a relative upstream stop position in which the body leaves the outlet segment free. The shutter body having a tubular body defining internally a duct through which the pourable product can flow and which has a smaller section than the section of the feeding duct. | 08-28-2014 |
20140209247 | VACUUM DRUM, PARTICULARLY FOR A ROLL-FED LABELLING MACHINE, AND VACUUM DRUM PAD - The invention relates to a vacuum drum for receiving a labelling material web that is operatively coupled with means for cutting the labelling material we into portions, applying an adhesive on the cut portions of labelling material and for transferring the glued portions to respective items to be labelled. The vacuum drum has a lateral surface having at least one section adapted to cooperate with the portions and delimited, at opposite angular ends, by respective front and back dumping pads. The lateral surface section having one or more panels defining a quasi-cylindrical surface; the front damping pad. and the at least one panel having a material such that the adhesion of the adhesive to the labelling material is greater than the adhesion of the adhesive to the material, and the cohesion of the adhesive being also greater than the adhesion of the adhesive to the material. | 07-31-2014 |
20140174597 | FILLING MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR FOR FILLING A CONTAINER WITH A PASTEURIZED LIQUID - A filling machine for filling a container with a liquid having a gas line, a liquid supply line connectable to a liquid tank and at least one filling device. The filling device having an inlet communicating with the liquid supply line, a lower outlet and a gas port communicating with the gas line. A differential pressure sensor is connected to the gas line and the liquid supply line to determine a feedback value defined by the pressure difference between the lines. The gas line communicates with a gas tank that is separated from the liquid supply line and connected to a pressurized gas source. The gas tank is also connected to a discharge opening via valves controlled by an electronic control unit that brings the pressure difference between the liquid supply line and the gas line to a set-point corresponding to the feedback value. | 06-26-2014 |
20140124681 | CONTAINER CLOSURE STERILISING UNIT - A container closure sterilising unit including at least one closure treatment station and a device for feeding a plurality of container closures to the closure treatment station. The feeding device having a guiding means defining a conveying path that includes at least one linear tract and along which the treatment station is positioned. The feeding device includes a conveying means associated with the guiding means and operable to advance the plurality of closures toward the treatment state spaced along the conveying path. | 05-08-2014 |
20140065014 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A TEMPERATURE PROCESSING MACHINE FOR FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINERS - A control system for controlling a machine for the temperature processing of containers for food products, having a movement element for moving containers to be processed on a movement path along which at least one temperature-processing zone is defined, the temperature-processing zone being divided into sub-zones each having a respective injection assembly for injecting processing fluid on the containers and a respective adjusting assembly for setting the temperature of the injected processing fluid. The control system is provided with a control unit coupled to the adjusting assemblies of the sub-zones for regulating the temperature of the processing fluid by performing a prediction of the output temperature of the containers located on the movement path based on a current operating condition of the machine and a past thermal trend for the containers, and controlling the adjusting assemblies based on the predicted output temperature. | 03-06-2014 |
20140048206 | VACUUM TRANSFER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING TUBULAR LABELS - There is described a vacuum transfer element for transferring a tubular label having a first axis (A) form a first to a second position, comprising a first surface which may reciprocate along a second axis (E) parallel to first axis (A), comprises a plurality of ports and is adapted to cooperate with an outer side, opposite to first axis (A), of said tubular label; first ports are selectively connectable to a vacuum source to establish a vacuum suction action on outer side, at least when first surface moves from first to second position; surface is angularly fixed relative to said second axis (E); first surface is angularly fixed relative to second axis (E). | 02-20-2014 |
20140041499 | STATIONARY BLADE ASSEMBLY - There is disclosed a stationary blade assembly for cutting labels from a label film in labelling machines, comprising: a support and a blade supported by said support; blade comprises at least two cutting edges which are adapted to cut said labels. | 02-13-2014 |
20140034772 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPLICING WEBS PROVIDED WITH REPEATED PATTERNS - An apparatus for splicing a new web having repeated patterns, to a web in use moving along a predetermined path and also having repeated patterns. The apparatus having: a handling device to advance the new web at the same speed as the web in use and positioning a segment of the new web to overlap a segment of the web in use such that the corresponding patterns align; a cutting device for cutting the overlapping segments of the webs at the area interposed between two successive patterns and dividing each web into an upstream portion and a downstream portion; a folding device for selectively folding either the upstream portion of the web in use and the downstream portion of the new web outside the overlapping area; and an applicator for applying a splicing buffer on the adjacent the cut portions of the two webs to be joined. | 02-06-2014 |
20130333800 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILLING A CONTAINER WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT - There is disclosed a filling system for filling a container with a pourable product, in particular a pourable product having an electrical conductivity below 15 μS, comprising: a tank filled, in use, with a pourable product; at least one filling valve selectively available in a configuration in which it allows the filling of the container with the pourable product; and at least one duct interposed between the tank and the filling valve; the system comprises a vortex flowmeter interposed along the duct. | 12-19-2013 |
20130255885 | ARTICLE-HANDLING MACHINE - There is disclosed a series of article-handling machines, comprising: a common first rotating element rotatable about an axis; characterized in that each article-handling machine comprises a carousel for conveying a plurality of articles along a path and a first connecting element which is angularly integral with carousel and is releasably connected to first rotating element. | 10-03-2013 |
20130206326 | METHOD AND UNIT FOR FORMING TUBULAR LENGTHS OF WEB MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY IN A LABELLING MACHINE - An example includes a method for forming tubular lengths of web material. The example can include winding a portion of web material in a tubular configuration such that opposite vertical ends of said linear portion overlap. The example can include welding said overlapping ends to fix said linear portion of web material in sleeve configuration. This welding can include heating up at a first temperature a first region of said portion over the whole of which said ends overlap and heating up at a second temperature lower than said first temperature a second region of said portion adjacent to said first region, said ends of said portion of labelling web material overlapping over only a part of said second region. One or more examples relate to a forming unit configured to implement the method outlined above. | 08-15-2013 |
20130206325 | METHOD AND UNIT FOR FORMING TUBULAR LENGTHS OF WEB MATERIAL PARTICULARLY IN A LABELLING MACHINE - An example includes a method for forming tubular lengths of linear web material. The example can include winding a portion of linear web material in a tubular configuration such that opposite vertical ends of said linear portion overlap. The example can include welding said overlapping ends to fix said linear portion of linear web material in sleeve configuration. This welding can include heating up at a first temperature a first region of said portion over the whole of which said ends overlap and heating up at a second temperature lower than said first temperature a second region of said portion adjacent to said first region, said ends of said portion of linear web material overlapping over only a part of said second region. | 08-15-2013 |
20130153150 | LABELLING MACHINE - There is described a machine for applying labels on articles transferred by respective labelling units along a given path (P); each unit comprises a receiving member having a lateral wall, which is adapted to receive a relative label and extends along an axis (F) transversal to the path (P); a cam and tappet device axially displaces the receiving members between a lowered position and a raised position and comprises a cam device, which is adjustable between a first and a second configuration; in the first configuration, cam followers of the units move along a first track (R) of the cam device to displace the respective receiving members between the lowered and raised position during transfer of the respective units; in the second configuration, the cam followers move along a second track (Q) of the cam device to maintain the respective receiving members in the lowered position during movement of the units along their path (P). | 06-20-2013 |
20130146421 | CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR ARTICLES AND PLANT FOR HANDLING SUCH ARTICLES COMPRISING SAID CONVEYING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a conveying apparatus for articles, provided with a first conveyor having an inlet section for articles to be conveyed and an outlet section for the articles, and with a second conveyor which can be selectively set in communication with a transfer section of the first conveyor; the first conveyor is selectively set in a first operative release configuration of the articles at the outlet section and in at least one second operative release configuration of the articles at its transfer section; the second conveyor is selectively set in a first operative withdrawal configuration of the articles from the first conveyor at its transfer section and at least in one second operative inhibition configuration of this withdrawal. | 06-13-2013 |
20130056148 | LABELLING MACHINE AND METHOD THEREOF - There is described a labelling machine for applying a plurality of labels to a respective plurality of articles; the machine comprises a conveying device movable along a given path (P) and having a plurality of operating units for receiving and retaining the articles to be labelled, feeding means for feeding the labels to the operating units, application means for applying the labels to the articles, and a marking unit ( | 03-07-2013 |
20130032294 | UNIT FOR APPLYING GLUE ON LABELS AND CONVEYING SUCH LABELS - There is described a unit for applying glue on a plurality of labels to be cold-glued on respective containers and for conveying labels applied with glue, comprising: a roll covered of glue and operable to rotate about a first axis; a first carousel operable to rotate about a second axis and which comprises, in turn, a plurality of paddles adapted to cooperate with roll to be covered with glue and to take a relative label from a storage; a second carousel operable to rotate about a third axis and which comprises, in turn, a plurality of hooks adapted to receive respective labels covered with glue from respective paddles and to move respective labels with glue applied thereon along a first path; at least a first belt operatively connected to first carousel and to one between roll and second carousel. | 02-07-2013 |
20130008612 | UNIT FOR APPLYING A LABEL ON A RELATIVE ARTICLE - There is described a labelling unit movable along a given path for receiving labels to be applied on relative articles; the unit comprises a hollow receiving member having a lateral wall adapted to receive a relative label, extending around an axis transversal to the path and comprising a suction portion provided with through holes; a suction pneumatic device connected to the holes through the inside of the receiving member and which can be activated to retain a label on the outer surface of the lateral wall of the receiving member by-suction; and a hollow distributor member, which is coaxially arranged inside the receiving member, is provided with a number of angularly spaced opening sections having, in a direction parallel to the axis, different heights correlated to the heights of different labels to be processed by the unit, and which can be rotated in at least two different angular positions, each corresponding to locate a selected one of the opening sections in front of the suction portion of the lateral wall of the receiving member so making operative only the holes facing the selected opening section. | 01-10-2013 |
20120227897 | LABELLING MACHINE AND A METHOD FOR APPLYING TUBULAR LABELS TO RESPECTIVE ARTICLES - A labeling machine for applying tubular labels to articles; the machine comprises a conveying device movable along a given path and at least one unit to receive and retain an article to be labelled, a feeder to feed a label to the unit, a former to bend the label in a vertical tubular configuration with opposite vertical edges overlapping one another, and at least one welding device arranged on the conveying device to weld the overlapped edges of the label; the welding device comprises an electrically heatable sealing element, provided with a striplike working surface having a height at least equal to the height of the label overlapped edges to be welded, electrical power supplying means selectively connectable to the sealing element and controlled for heating the sealing element along a given portion of the mentioned path and for cooling the sealing element along a subsequent portion of the path, and actuator displacing the sealing element to and from the overlapped edges of the label along a horizontal direction transverse to the path. | 09-13-2012 |
20120227774 | RINSING MACHINE FOR CONTAINERS, IN PARTICULAR BOTTLES - A rotary rinsing machine has at least one rinsing unit for rinsing a respective container with a wash mixture fed to the rinsing unit by a first conduit, which is connected to a first header containing a liquid fluid, and is connected to a second conduit for feeding a gaseous fluid from a second header to the first conduit; at least one measuring device being provided to measure the pressure in the first header and/or in the second header and/or in the first conduit and/or in the second conduit. | 09-13-2012 |
20120199439 | CONTAINER-HANDLING MACHINE - There is described container-handling machine comprising a carousel rotatable about an axis and supporting a plurality of holding elements adapted to cooperate with respective containers; and a slip-ring comprising a first rotor rotatable integral with carousel about said axis, and a first stator exchanging, in use, at least one between power and control signals with first rotor and fixed with respect to carousel; container-handling machine further comprises an encoder housed within a cavity defined between first stator and first rotor, adapted to detect at least the angular position of carousel with respect to axis, and comprising a second rotor rotatable integrally with first rotor and a second stator connected to first stator. | 08-09-2012 |
20120199275 | LABELLING MACHINE - There is described a labeling machine for dispensing labels derivable from a web travelling along a feed path and applying them to articles travelling along an article path. The machine includes a web supply reel; a dispenser to unwind the web off the supply reel and for feeding the web towards an affixing station of the labeling machine, at which the labels are sequentially applied to the articles sequentially arriving thereat. The dispenser including a driver to control the advancement along the feed path of the web from which labels are derivable in accordance with the advancement along the article path of the articles to which the labels are to be applied; and a web tension control selectively actuatable to exert on the supply reel a torque directed against the unwinding sense of the web. | 08-09-2012 |
20120187073 | LIQUID BOTTLING METHOD AND MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR FOR CARBONATED LIQUIDS OR OXYGEN SENSITIVE LIQUIDS - A method of bottling liquids, in particular carbonated liquids or liquids sensitive to oxygen, on a machine comprising a conveying device movable along a given path and having at least one unit for receiving and retaining a bottle, the method comprising filling the bottle with a liquid as the unit travels along a first portion of the path; and capping the bottle with a cap as the same unit travels along a second portion of the path. Also, A bottle as obtained by the method and also comprising a further cap applied onto a neck of said bottle and provided with coupling means to engage and pull said cap along the bottle axis upon removal of said further cap from said neck so as to open the bottle. | 07-26-2012 |
20120134878 | UNIT AND A METHOD FOR STERILIZING CONTAINER CLOSURES - There is described a unit for sterilizing container closures comprising: a process chamber having an inlet for receiving a succession of closures to be sterilized and an outlet from which sterilized closures exit; conveying means for advancing the closures through the process chamber along a predetermined path (P); and radiation emitting means acting inside the process chamber, facing the closures moving along the above path (P) and which can be activated for directing sterilizing radiations on said closures to sterilize their surfaces; the conveying means comprise actuator means acting on each closure to produce a rolling movement thereof while it advances along its path (P). | 05-31-2012 |