Storage System And A Method For Storing Container Articles Such As Bottles Or Syringes

• US 20100243501A1
• Filed: 03/11/2010
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marchesini Group S.p.A.
• Original Assignee: Marchesini Group S.p.A.
• Inventors: MONTI, Giuseppe
• Granted Patent: US 8,491,249 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/446
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 47/5104 for articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65G 47/90 Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials

Abstract

A storage system (100) and a method for storing container articles (2) such as bottles or syringes, the system (100) is of a type associable to at least a supply line (1) of the container articles (2). The system (100) comprises: at least a support member (7, 8, 9) arranged adjacent to the supply line (1), which support member (7, 8, 9) affords a plurality of seatings (14) arranged side-by-side in order each to receive a plurality of container articles (2); and means (6) for picking-up a group of container articles (2) from the supply line (1) and for positioning the group of container articles (2) in a corresponding seating of the support member (7, 8, 9). The method for storing container articles (2) which are bottles or syringes in a plurality of flanked seatings (14) of at least a support member (7, 8, 9) comprises steps of: picking-up a group of container articles (2) from a supply line (1); and positioning the group of container articles (2) in a corresponding seating (14) of the support member (7, 8, 9).

Claims

1. ) A storage system for container articles such as bottles or syringes, the system being of a type associable to at lease a supply line of the container articles, wherein it comprises:

at least a support member arranged adjacent to the supply line, which support member affords a plurality of seatings arranged side-by-side in order each to receive a plurality of container articles; and

;

means for picking up a group of container articles from the supply line and for positioning the group of container articles in a corresponding seating of the support member.

2. ) The system of claim 1, comprising a plurality of support members which are arranged at different heights from one another.

3. ) The system of claim 2, wherein the support member are staggered in order not to be superposed on one another.

4. ) The system of claim 1 further, comprising a rest base and wherein each support member is arranged at a predetermined height with respect to the rest base.

5. ) The system of claim 1, wherein each support member is fixed to a relative frame in such a way as to be for being suspended therefrom.

6. ) The system of claim 1 wherein the means for picking-up and positioning act on the container articles (2) from below or laterally.

7. ) The system of claim 1 further, comprising a guide and a carriage for sliding on the guide, and wherein the means for picking-up and positioning are borne by the carriage and comprise pliers and a plurality of arms, hinged to one another, which arms are coupled on a side thereof to the pliers and on another side thereof to the carriage.

8. ) The system of claim 7, wherein the arms are coupled to one another in order to have an anthropomorphic function.

9. ) The system of claim 7, wherein the supply line is interrupted in order to form two separate branches, being a first branch arranged upstream and a second branch arranged downstream, and wherein the means for picking-up and positioning are arranged such as to pick-up the container articles from the first branch in a parallel direction to the development of the first branch.

10. ) The system of, claim 1 wherein the container articles are syringes, each provided with a collar, wherein the seatings of each support member are respective lateral openings having a longitudinal development and being of such dimensions as to engage the collars of the syringes.

11. ) The system of claim 1, wherein each support member develops longitudinally.

12. ) The system of claim 1 wherein the system is located within a controlled-atmosphere environment and further comprising means for applying a constant laminar flow to strike the container articles arranged in the seatings of each support member.

13. ) A method for accumulating container articles which are bottles or syringes in a plurality of seatings arranged side-by-side of at least a support member, comprising steps of:

picking-up a group of container articles from a supply line; and

positioning the group of container articles in a corresponding seating of the support member.

14. ) The method of claim 13, wherein the number of container articles picked-up from the supply line corresponds to a maximum number of container articles which can be received by the seating of the support member.

15. ) The method of claim 13, wherein the stages are actuated in order to implement a functioning of a FIFO type.