Patent ID: 11932434
Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 6:
7. The packing method according to claim 6, wherein:
the reject station (S7) is provided with a deflector element (32) which is movable, between an inactive position, in which the deflector element (32) does not interfere with the forward movement of the articles (1) housed in the first seats (18), and an active position, in which the deflector element (32) intercepts an article (1) housed in a first seat (18) that moves together with the first conveyor (16), pushing the article (1) out of the first seat (18);
the deflector element (32) is normally kept in the inactive position; and
the deflector element (32) is moved from the inactive position to the active position immediately before passage of the first seat (18) containing the article (1) to be rejected and is moved back from the active position to the inactive position immediately after the passage of the first seat (18) containing the article (1) to be rejected.