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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 22, 2020
G.d Societa' Per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Luca Mariani, Bologna, IT;
Luca Testoni, Bologna, IT;
Andrea Dondini, Bologna, IT;
Luca Federici, Bologna, IT;
G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A capping station has a first conveying system designed to move a plurality of full bottles; a second conveying system, arranged above the first conveying system, designed to move a plurality of caps; a capping device designed to pick up at least one cap from the second conveying system in order to apply the cap to a bottle carried by the first conveying system; and a heating unit comprising at least one heating device, a support beam carrying the heating device, a main operating device designed to move the support beam between a rest position in which the heating device is far from the bottles and a work position in which the heating device is close to the bottles to heat at least the neck of the bottles, and a safety operating device independent of the main operating device, designed to move the support beam between the work and rest positions.