Patent ID: 11932495
Assignee: FAMECCANICA.DATA S.P.A.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An unscrambler apparatus, comprising:
a product picking area configured to receive a flow of scrambled products to be handled by one or more handling devices arranged at said product picking area,
a transfer conveyor configured to receive scrambled products from the flow of scrambled products picked from the product picking area and released at the transfer conveyor by the one or more handling devices, and
a product unscrambling device including a product input and a product output, the product unscrambling device being configured to receive the scrambled products from the transfer conveyor along a feed direction at the product input and comprising a plurality of carriers configured to take over, carry through the product unscrambling device, and release the scrambled products coming from the transfer conveyor,
wherein:
each of the carriers of the plurality of carriers can be selectively routed to a first path, a second path, and a third path,
the first path extends from the product input to the product output, whereby a carrier of the plurality of carriers routed to the first path is configured to carry a scrambled product having a first, desired, orientation through the product unscrambling device and release the same at the product output thereof,
the second path extends as a transition from a first direction of the products at the product input to a second direction incident to the first direction, wherein the second path includes an interchange station to the third path at the second direction, and wherein a carrier of the plurality of carriers routed to the second path carries a scrambled product having a second, undesired, orientation, and
the third path extends as a transition from the second direction to a third direction at the product output, whereby a carrier of the plurality of carriers routed to the second path and carrying a scrambled product having the second, undesired, orientation is configured to be routed to the third path at the interchange station so to present the scrambled product at the product output with the first, desired, orientation.