Patent ID: 7017321
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
1. Machine for feeding containers to be processed by a processing unit, which comprises an accumulation conveyor ( 3 ), located upstream of the processing unit and driven by a first motor means ( 8 ), and a feeder conveyor ( 4 ), which feeds containers to the accumulation conveyor ( 3 ) and is driven by a second motor means ( 13 ), wherein the machine further comprises: a first sensor ( 5 ) adjacent the feeder conveyor ( 4 ), for detecting, a container ( 1 ); and a control unit, which controls the first motor means ( 8 ) such that a desired gap ( 11 ) is created between two adjacent containers ( 1 ) on the accumulation conveyor ( 3 ), and that the speed of the accumulation conveyor ( 3 ) and of the feeder conveyor ( 4 ) are equal during at least a partial handing over of the container ( 1 ) from the feeder conveyor ( 4 ) to the accumulation conveyor ( 3 ).