Patent ID: 11858754
Assignee: RUFFINO S.R.L.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus for handling bottles, comprising:
a first and a second conveyor belt to advance said bottles, said first conveyor belt having a first direction of advancement and said second conveyor belt having a second direction of advancement, wherein said first and second directions of advancement are incident to each other;
a deflector device to connect said first and second conveyor belts, comprising an outer guide body to contain said bottles during their advancement, and an inner guide body to contain said bottles on the opposite side with respect to said outer guide body, said inner guide body comprising a belt to advance said bottles, closed in a loop on respective pulleys of which at least one is motorized, characterized in that it comprises conditioning means to change the configuration of said inner guide body by varying its relative position with respect to said outer guide body and the radius of curvature of said advancing belt, said conditioning means comprising a skid constrained to one between said inner guide body and outer guide body, and a respective guide constrained to the other between said outer guide body and inner guide body, said skid and said guide being configured to reciprocally translate between each other said inner guide body and outer guide body, said conditioning means further comprising a pushing element for pushing a respective tensioning element for tensioning said belt, said pushing element comprising adjustment means configured to vary the thrust applied on said tensioning element and said curvature of said belt.