Patent ID: 7044707
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: B65G,G01N

Abstract:
1. A machine for moving receptacles in front of at least one inspection station, along a given direction, said machine comprising: a lower frame supporting a front half-carriage and a back half-carriage extending along longitudinal planes parallel to each other, each half-carriage comprising: the lower frame has at least two transverse sides one of which has a passage compartment for the end of a receptacle input conveyor designed to cooperate with a return head on the input side, installed on the frame, while the other transverse side has a passage compartment for the end of a receptacle output conveyor designed to cooperate with a return head on the output side, installed on the frame, to delimit a volume interrupting the conveyance, each transverse side being provided with a linear guide system extending on the outside of the conveyance interruption volume, the front half-carriage and the back half-carriage comprising a mobile carrier, each half-carriage comprising a rigid bridge installed at each end, and sliding on the linear guide systems, and a displacement system connected to at least one of the half carriages and adapted to move one half-carriage away from or towards the other half-carriage, and located outside the conveyance interruption volume.