Patent ID: 7416072
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A machine for transferring initially aligned objects in successive rows, comprising a first conveyor having a first displacement direction and arranged for supplying the objects placed in line one after the other along said first displacement direction, wherein said machine comprises: a second conveyor comprising a fixed tray placed to the side of said first conveyor and extending transversely to said first displacement direction along a second direction, and object moving means provided with at least one pushing member movable transversely to said first conveyor along said second direction, wherein said pushing member comes into lateral contact with n objects on said first conveyor and push them together on said tray being arranged in one row extending substantially perpendicularly to said second direction while moving them in said second direction, and wherein said first and second directions are mutually arranged with an angle θ between 0 and 90°, limits excluded (θ≠0, θ≠90°), whereby the objects have speed components in the directions of movement of said first and second conveyors, respectively, which are never zero.