Patent ID: 11945663
Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 14:
15. An extraction station (S7) for the extraction from a transport system (6) for an at least partially complete cartridge (1); the extraction station (S7) comprising:
a collecting device (27);
at least one holding head (28), which is designed to grab at least one end of the cartridge (1); and
a moving device (29), which supports the holding head (28) and moves the holding head (28) between a pick-up position, in which the holding head (28) is in the area of the transport system (6) and grabs the cartridge (1), and a release position, in which the holding head (28) releases the cartridge (1) in an inlet opening (32) of the collecting device (27);
wherein the collecting device (27) comprises: a pair of twin containers (30); a discharge duct (31), which bifurcates so as to extend from the inlet opening (32) to two outlet openings (33), each being arranged in the area of a respective container (30); and a deflector member (34), which is arranged in the area of a bifurcation of the discharge duct (31) and is designed to assume two different positions in order to alternatively direct the cartridge (1) into a container (30) or into the other container (30).