Patent ID: 11858758
Assignee: AROMA SYSTEM S.R.L.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A machine for arranging objects that comprise a first end with a protruding edge and a second end, in an alternate manner along single file rows, said machine comprising:
guiding means configured to guide said objects along at least one single file row, in such a way that said objects lay on one of said first end and said second end;
separating means suitable for separating said object into a first group and a second group;
collecting and dropping means suitable for receiving said objects of said first group and said objects of said second group and for dropping said objects along a common direction, said collecting and dropping means comprising first rotation means suitable for rotating said objects of said first group in a clockwise direction along a first arc of circumference while being dropped in the common direction so that, at the end of rotation, said objects no longer lay on either said first or second end, and second rotation means suitable for rotating said objects of said second group in a counterclockwise direction along a second arc of circumference while being dropped in the common direction, wherein at the end of rotation, said objects no longer lay on either said first or second end, said first arc of circumference and said second arc of circumference being defined on a plane parallel to the common direction, so as to stack said objects one above the other in an alternate manner along single file rows; and
wherein, said separating means are suitable for receiving said objects from said at least one single file row and subsequently separating said objects into said first group and said second group and said separating means are configured to alternately transport said objects respectively towards said first rotation means and towards said second rotation means; and
wherein said separating means rotates about an axis that passes through the end of rotation between the first rotation means and the second rotation means.