Patent ID: 9073705
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B65G,B67C

Abstract:
1. Device for removing containers to be treated from a conveyor line and for replacing treated containers on the conveyor line, including: a frame; a first lateral guide wall that is integral to the frame and is arranged at a first side of the conveyor line for laterally guiding the containers advancing along the conveyor line; a second lateral guide wall that is integral to the frame, is distanced from the first lateral guide wall, is arranged downstream of the first lateral guide wall with respect to an advancing sense of the containers along the conveyor line and is arranged at the first side of the conveyor line for laterally guiding the containers advancing along the conveyor line; a rotating disc for moving at least a container, the rotating disc exhibiting a peripheral edge where at least a recess is achieved, said recess forming a seat for drawing a container; suction means activatable to retain a container in the seat of the rotating disc; the rotating disc being arranged at the first side of the conveyor line, between the first lateral guide wall and the second lateral guide wall, such as to draw a container to be treated from the conveyor line in cooperation with the suction means and to return a treated container to the conveyor line in cooperation with the suction means; a first guide member for laterally guiding the containers advancing along the conveyor line, said first guide member exhibiting a guide surface that extends at least from the second lateral guide wall to the first lateral guide wall, the first guide member being movable along the conveyor line between a first retracted position, wherein the first guide member is at least partially engaged with the first lateral guide wall, and a first advanced position, wherein the first guide member is arranged between the first lateral guide wall and the second lateral guide wall such as to laterally guide the containers advancing along the conveyor line and moving between the first lateral guide wall and the second lateral guide wall; a second guide member for laterally guiding the containers during advancing thereof along the conveyor line, said second guide member exhibiting a guide surface that extends at least from the second lateral guide wall to the first lateral guide wall, the second guide member being movable along the conveyor line between a second retracted position in which the second guide member is arranged between the first lateral guide wall and the second lateral guide wall such as to laterally guide the containers advancing along the conveyor line and moving between the first lateral guide wall and the second lateral guide wall, and a second advanced position, wherein the second guide member is at least partially engaged with the second lateral guide wall; the first guide member and the second guide member being activatable to mutually cooperate to allow at least one container to be treated to be transferred from the conveyor line to a respective seat of the rotating disc and to allow a container being treated to be transferred from the seat of the rotating disc to the conveyor line, while contemporaneously guaranteeing the guiding of the containers advancing along the conveyor line and transiting between the first lateral guide wall and the second lateral guide wall.