Patent ID: 9428344
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B25J,B65B,B65G

Claim Text:
1. Method for realizing a continuous and ordered flow of containers, wherein said containers have respective filling openings, a main axis, a bottom surface, a first main face and a second main face that connect said opening to said bottom surface said method comprising the steps of: providing a feed flow of containers in a direction, with a transport system, said containers being arranged with the respective main axis randomly orientated and with one of said two main faces lying on a transport surface of said transport system, detecting for each container a position and orientation of the main axis, and which of the two main faces lies on the transport surface of said transport system, picking up said containers from said transport surface of said transport system, and releasing said containers in a first continuous and ordered flow in an advancing direction, on a surface of a first output transport system, wherein said containers are aligned, equidistant from one another with the respective main axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to said advancing direction, where the containers that have the first main face lying on said surface of said first output transport system output are arranged with the respective filling openings facing in a first direction, while the containers that have the second main face lying on said surface of said first output transport system are arranged with the respective filling openings facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, transporting said containers of said first continuous and ordered output flow along said advancing direction, picking up said containers from said first continuous and ordered output flow, rotating the main axis of each container by 90° in a first direction in a plane perpendicular to the advancing direction of the first continuous and ordered output flow, the containers that have the first main face lying on the surface of the first output transport system of said first output flow, and rotating in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, the containers that have the second main face lying on the surface of the first output transport system of said first output flow, depositing said containers on a second output transport system, realizing a second continuous and ordered output flow in an advancing direction wherein said containers are aligned, equidistant from one another and with the respective main longitudinal axes perpendicular to the surface of said second output transport system, with filling openings facing upwards and with the respective main faces all oriented in the same direction, and transporting said containers along said advancing direction of said second continuous and ordered output flow.