Patent ID: 8875867

Claim:
A system for feeding and processing/handling bottles ( 1 ) to be conveyed to a device ( 30 ) for entry into a filling machine ( 40 ): a realignment centrifuge ( 100 ) fed randomly with the bottles ( 1 ) operating at a speed (Vc) greater than an assigned speed (Vp) of reference and having a tangential outlet ( 113 ) extending in a longitudinal direction (X-X) of advancing movement of the bottles ( 1 ); movement devices ( 12 , 13 , 14 ) extending in the same longitudinal direction (X-X) of advancing movement, arranged downstream of said realignment centrifuge ( 100 ) and able to convey the bottles ( 1 ) leaving the realignment centrifuge ( 100 ) and vary the speed of advancing movement thereof; at least one bottle handling device ( 21 ); wherein the bottles ( 1 ) leaving the realignment centrifuge ( 100 ) lie horizontally in the longitudinal direction (X-X) of advancing movement, and said movement devices ( 12 , 13 ) comprise at least a first device ( 12 ) operated at a first speed (V 12 ) less than the speed (Vc) of the realignment centrifuge ( 100 ); wherein the movement devices further comprises: a second device ( 13 ) arranged downstream of the first device ( 12 ) and operated with a speed (V 13 ) less than or the same as the speed (V 12 ) of the first movement device; a third device ( 14 ) operated at a speed (V 14 ) greater than the speed (V 12 ) of the first movement device, depending on and synchronized with the assigned speed (Vp) said handling device ( 21 ) has a first actuator ( 2 ), provided with gripping means ( 5 ), for gripping a bottle ( 1 ) and designed to rotate in both directions, i.e. clockwise and anti-clockwise, about a respective first axis of rotation (I) parallel to the longitudinal direction (X-X) of advancing movement of the bottles; a second actuator ( 3 ), which is kinematically connected to the first actuator ( 2 ) and is designed to cause rotation of the first actuator ( 2 ) in both directions, i.e. clockwise or anti-clockwise, about a second axis of rotation II perpendicular to the first axis of rotation (I).