Patent ID: 6591964
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
Machine for orienting containers of the type comprising:a fixed cylindrical structure (1) with vertical axis (2); a ring (3) for supporting the containers positioned horizontally, integral with said cylindrical structure (1) and provided with at least an interruption (3a) for offloading the containers themselves; a rotating cylinder (4) internal and coaxial to said fixed cylindrical structure (1); a fixed conical structure (5) positioned internal and coaxial relative to said cylinder (4) to favour the rolling of the containers towards the inner lateral wall of said rotating cylinder (4); a plurality of elevators (6) engaged in guides (7) integral with said inner lateral wall of the rotating cylinder (4) and providing housings translatable between a lower edge (5a) of said conical structure (5) and an upper edge (4a) of said cylinder (4) for transferring said containers; a plurality of arms (9) arranged as spokes of a wheel and rotating about said vertical axis (2), said arms (9) having an extremity (9a) acting on said elevators (6); a fixed cam (11) positioned inferiorly to said conical structure (5) operatively engaged with the other extremity (9b) of said arms (9) to command the raising and the lowering of the arms themselves, characterised in that said fixed cam (11) comprises, for each interruption (3a) for offloading the containers of said support ring (3), at least two portions (11a) defining the upwards run of an elevator (6), said portions (11a) being positioned upstream of said interruption (3a) according to the direction of rotation of said rotating cylinder (4).