Machine for supplying/dispensing containers and long articles in general
First Claim
1. A container and generally elongated item feed-dispensing machine, of the type including a hopper (1) in which objects are randomly introduced and in which said objects finally adopt a vertical arrangement in desired positions, comprising:
- a hopper having an outlet, wherein arranged at said outlet of said hopper (1) is a metering device (5–
10) leading to a discharge plate (22) ending at a lifting means (6) provided with a plurality of blades (11) of a grooved free edge, said discharge plate (22) having an also grooved edge (23) so as to intertwine with the blades (11), and said lifting means (6) ending at a transfer plate (31), also of a grooved edge, for access to a transfer and selection station in which a base plate (29) framed by two side rails (30) collaborates, located on which is a conveyor (27), located above the base plate (29) and provided with grooved blades (28) similar to those of the lifting means (6), a plate (29) provided with a central opening (17) for the dropping of the objects, with a positional selection criterion of the objects, towards a vertical positioning station having a first end located under the opening (17) of the base plate (29), said vertical positioning station having a second end whereby movement of objects from said first end to said second end defines a feed direction for the object, wherein two tilted and static walls (34) are provided, arranged parallel to said feed direction of the object, linearly moving forward inside of which are vertical pushing means (35) attached to a conveyor (36) defining a horizontal path for said pushing means (35) which drag the objects, separated from one another, on a bottom conveyor (41) on which they are placed.
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Abstract
The invention starts with a hopper (1) where the objects are randomly introduced, with a bottom (2) tilted towards an adjustable outlet opening (3), arranged under the latter there is a unitary metering device (5) leading to a discharge plate (22) of a grooved front edge (23) so as to intertwine with blades (11) of a lifting means (6), wherein said plates are spaced by a magnitude which is not quite twice the width of the objects to be handled, a lifting means ending at a transfer mechanism consisting of a conveyor (27), also with grooved blades (28) acting on a base plate (29) framed by two rails (30) guiding the objects towards a drop opening (17), with means which make the objects swing during their fall so that they adopt the correct position when they reach an exit conveyor (41), between two side walls (34), another conveyor (36) collaborating with said conveyor (41), the former provided with a plurality of pushing means (35) spaced by a magnitude in accordance with the width of the objects to be conveyed.
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14 Claims
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1. A container and generally elongated item feed-dispensing machine, of the type including a hopper (1) in which objects are randomly introduced and in which said objects finally adopt a vertical arrangement in desired positions, comprising:
- a hopper having an outlet, wherein arranged at said outlet of said hopper (1) is a metering device (5–
10) leading to a discharge plate (22) ending at a lifting means (6) provided with a plurality of blades (11) of a grooved free edge, said discharge plate (22) having an also grooved edge (23) so as to intertwine with the blades (11), and said lifting means (6) ending at a transfer plate (31), also of a grooved edge, for access to a transfer and selection station in which a base plate (29) framed by two side rails (30) collaborates, located on which is a conveyor (27), located above the base plate (29) and provided with grooved blades (28) similar to those of the lifting means (6), a plate (29) provided with a central opening (17) for the dropping of the objects, with a positional selection criterion of the objects, towards a vertical positioning station having a first end located under the opening (17) of the base plate (29), said vertical positioning station having a second end whereby movement of objects from said first end to said second end defines a feed direction for the object, wherein two tilted and static walls (34) are provided, arranged parallel to said feed direction of the object, linearly moving forward inside of which are vertical pushing means (35) attached to a conveyor (36) defining a horizontal path for said pushing means (35) which drag the objects, separated from one another, on a bottom conveyor (41) on which they are placed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- a hopper having an outlet, wherein arranged at said outlet of said hopper (1) is a metering device (5–
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