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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Imv Technologies, Saint Ouen sur Iton, FR;
Eric Schmitt, Villaines-la-Juhel, FR;
Christian Beau, Toussus-le-Noble, FR;
Joël Grosos, Saint-Ouen-sur-Iton, FR;
Ludovic Lefranc, Les Aspres, FR;
IMV TECHNOLOGIES, Saint Ouen sur Iton, FR;
Abstract
The installation () comprises a treatment machine () and a supply and positioning device () configured to receive the straws () and dispose them one by one in a predetermined orientation for their treatment by said machine. The device () comprises a curved ramp () having a reception portion () for the straws () and an ejection portion () for the straws, the ramp being configured to convey, to the ejection portion (), a straw () received on the reception portion () and sliding on the ramp (), the ramp having a concave profile such that said profile has an orientation closer to the vertical in the reception portion () than in the ejection portion (), such that a straw received on the reception portion () is accelerated to the ejection portion () at which the straw is guided and ejected with a predetermined orientation.