Patent ID: 6321896
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
Method for cushioned stoppage and accompanying of containers, along a container conveying line which conveys more than 50,000 containers/hour, comprising the following steps:detection of the conveying speed of the containers so as to synchronize means for cushioned stoppage and accompanying of the containers with this speed;gradual, controlled and programmable, stoppage of some of the containers in a predetermined space,characterized in that it further comprises the following steps:detection of an interstice or line of demarcation between consecutive containers and insertion of the cushioned stoppage and accompanying means in said interstice or line of demarcation;accompanying, by means of rear support, of the row of containers downstream of a stopping zone, at a speed equal to the conveying speed of the containers on the conveying line, simultaneously to the step of gradual stoppage.