Patent ID: 7431556
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: B41F,B65G

Abstract:
1. Stacking device for hollow stackable objects, said objects being of a generally tapered form having an axis (R), and stacked so that one object is partially inserted inside the next along said axis (R), said stacking device operating at the exit of a rotating machine ( 20 ) operating at high speed and having a rotating head ( 21 ) having a plurality of chucks ( 23 ) each bearing at least one of the objects, the stacking device comprising extractor apparatus ( wherein said chucks, the axis (R) on each of the objects on the plurality of chucks or in the intermediate accumulator, and the intermediate accumulator ( whereas the extractor apparatus is formed by two opposing and spaced apart first gripping elements located in a second plane intersecting and extending in the longitudinal direction of the intermediate accumulator and perpendicular to the first plane, and operates along said second plane, wherein the first gripping elements are located in an exit station (B) of the rotating machine ( wherein the intermediate accumulator ( wherein said intermediate accumulator (