Patent ID: 8491249
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A storage system for container articles such as bottles or syringes, the system associated with a supply line of the container articles, the system comprising: a frame having a base, lateral walls and upper walls, the frame arranged parallel to a supply line, the supply line located at a predetermined height with respect to the base of the frame, a plurality of support members, each support member having a longitudinal planar form and being arranged adjacent to the supply line, each support member having a plurality of lateral openings arranged side-by-side in order to define seatings which receive a group of container articles, the support members being fixed to the frame at different heights from one another relative to the base of the frame and being staggered relative to one another vertically and horizontally so as not to be superposed on one another to define an underlying region of free space, such that the support members are arranged parallel to the supply line with the openings defining the seatings for the group of container articles facing the supply line, a guide fixed on the base of the frame and extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal development of the support members and the supply line and a carriage for sliding on the guide; means for picking up the group of container articles carried by the carriage, the means for picking up comprising an assembly of a plurality of arms each hinged to one another, the assembly hinged to the carriage at one end of the assembly and to pliers at an end of the assembly opposite the carriage connection, the assembly of a plurality of arms being arranged and configured with respect to the supply line and to the support members such that the pliers are maintained below the supply line and below the support members such that the picking up means pick up the group of containers from below for transfering and positioning the picked up group of container articles in seatings of the support members while always remaining below the support members.