System for overturning tanks of kneading machines
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1. A system for use in overturning tanks of kneading machines,said system comprising:
- a supporting structure; and
an overturning unit mobile along said structure between a lowered position, in which it receives the tank to be overturned, and a raised position, in which it overturns said tank;
wherein said unit comprises;
a body for engaging said tank, which is mobile between an inoperative position and an operative position;
an elastic member, which can be activated into a loaded condition;
a rocker member pre-arranged for co-operating with a fixed surface during displacement of said unit from said raised position to said lowered position to bring said elastic member into said loaded condition and to move said body into said inoperative position;
said elastic member configured to move from said loaded condition to cause movement of said rocker member to move said body into said operative position to engage the tank.
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Abstract
A system for overturning tanks of kneading machines includes an overturning unit provided with means for fixing a tank to itself. The means for fixing has an elastic actuation member, which is loaded by exploiting the downward movement of the overturning unit.
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1. A system for use in overturning tanks of kneading machines,
said system comprising: -
a supporting structure; and an overturning unit mobile along said structure between a lowered position, in which it receives the tank to be overturned, and a raised position, in which it overturns said tank; wherein said unit comprises; a body for engaging said tank, which is mobile between an inoperative position and an operative position; an elastic member, which can be activated into a loaded condition; a rocker member pre-arranged for co-operating with a fixed surface during displacement of said unit from said raised position to said lowered position to bring said elastic member into said loaded condition and to move said body into said inoperative position; said elastic member configured to move from said loaded condition to cause movement of said rocker member to move said body into said operative position to engage the tank. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for use in overturning tanks, the method comprising;
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activating an elastic member connected to a rocker arm from a loaded condition to move an engagement body connected to the rocker arm from an inoperative position into an operative position to engage a tank; moving an overturning unit along a supporting structure between a lowered position, in which said overturning unit receives said tank, and a raised position, in which said overturning unit overturns said tank; and displacing said overturning unit from said raised position to said lowered position and said rocking member cooperating with a fixed surface to bring said elastic member into said loaded condition. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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