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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2021
Fameccanica.data S.p.a., San Giovanni Teatino, IT;
Gabriele Sablone, San Giovanni Teatino, IT;
Carlo Di Sabatino, San Giovanni Teatino, IT;
Donato Crisante, San Giovanni Teatino, IT;
Massimiliano Rossetti, San Giovanni Teatino, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for transferring articles from a pick-up area to a delivery area, wherein there is provided a guide element having a guide surface which moves along a closed path at a base speed, and wherein there are provided a plurality of transfer elements, each of which is provided with a gripping surface for holding an article and is movable with respect to the guide surface with a relative speed, so that, with respect to a stationary reference system, each of the transfer elements moves along the closed path with a compound speed given by an algebraic sum of the base speed and the respective relative speed.