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

Claim 8:
9. A method 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 method comprising the following steps:
a) guiding said objects along at least one row so that they lay on one of said first end and said second end;
b) separating said objects into a first group and a second group of objects by alternately transporting the first group of said objects respectively by rotation about an axis towards a first direction to a first drop opening and transporting the second group of said objects by rotation about the axis towards a second direction to a second drop opening;
c) dropping said objects belonging to said first group and said objects belonging to said second group, in an alternate manner, along a common direction;
d) first rotating, during said step of dropping, said objects belonging to said first group in a clockwise direction along a first arc of circumference in such a way that, at an end of said first rotating, said objects do not lay any longer on said end, and second rotating, during said step of dropping, said objects belonging to said second group in a counterclockwise direction along a second arc of circumference in such a way that, at an end of said second rotating, said objects no longer lay on said end, the axis passing through a location at the end of said step of first rotating and said step of second rotating, and said first arc of circumference and said second arc of circumference being defined on a plane parallel to said common direction, so as to stack said objects one on top of each other in an alternate manner along single file rows.