Patent ID: 6562280
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B29C,B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing hollow bodies of plastic material, which may be both blow-moulded containers and not yet blow-moulded preforms, and transferring said hollow bodies into collecting means or towards utilization lines, comprising at least a blow-moulding station, means arranged downstream of said blow-moulding station, and including:an ejection station adapted to separate said hollow bodies removed from or coming out of said blow-moulding station and corresponding to trains of the preforms that are fed in a sequence to said blow-moulding station, and means that are arranged downstream of said ejection station for handling said hollow bodies, these means comprising a conveyor belt adapted to be driven by a pulley and provided with members or pick-up plugs for picking up and releasing said hollow bodies, a pulley arranged vertically and adapted to drive said conveyor belt, separation and transfer means downstream of said ejection station adapted to separate said hollow bodies from the respective pick-up plugs in the form of blow-moulded containers and send them in a substantially continuous sequence towards their utilization apparatuses, characterized in that: said separation means comprise said pulley which is provided on its outer surface with a plurality of ejecting elements arranged at a pre-established distance and adapted to orderly and sequentially engage interiors of said pick-up plugs so as to separate said blow-moulded hollow bodies therefrom, and beneath said ejecting elements there is arranged a guide that is adapted to intercept and retain said so separated blow-moulded hollow bodies, said guide comprising two parallel rails.