Patent ID: 6546857
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B41F,C03B

Abstract:
A machine for processing workpieces of a deformable material including hollow glass objects, the machine comprising:at least two processing units for the workpieces and each processing unit having at least two workstations; a conveyor unit for supplying said processing units with the workpieces to be processed and for taking processed workpieces away from the processing units; the conveyor unit being configured to move the workpieces in a basic direction; said two processing units being of the same kind and being arranged along said conveyor unit; said workstations of each processing units being arranged stationary; each processing unit including two handling units and each of said handling units functioning to take a workpiece from the conveyor unit, move the workpiece to and in said workstation and return the processed workpiece back to the conveyor unit; and, said handling units being configured to perform like functions in a time-displaced work sequence to process at least two of said workpieces simultaneously in a direction which runs essentially transversely to said basic direction of the conveyor unit; said conveyor unit including a loading conveyor belt and an unloading conveyor belt which run parallel to each other; said basic direction being a linear direction; and, said conveyor unit being configured for a controlled clocked operation for respectively taking up and returning the workpieces from and to the conveyor unit when said conveyor unit is at standstill.