Patent ID: 6302258
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A machine for aligning objects, such as variously shaped cylindrical containers to be fed to printing machines, filling machines, labelling machines, comprising a rotary disc shaped as a cone with its vertex facing upwards, an underlying flat circular concentric disc the periphery of which projects beyond the edge of the upper disc and which is rotated in the same direction as but at a different speed from the upper disc, a first circular wall comprising an outward extending straight portion and bounding a sector of said upper disc, and a second wall adjustable in the radial direction and connecting the outward extending straight portion of the first circular wall to a third deformable elastic wall extending from said second wall to lie in front of and at an adjustable distance from at least a portion of said first circular wall, in which said third wall is a flexible wall constructed of synthetic material and is supported by a series of supports, the distance of which from the center of the machine is adjustable in synchronism.