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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2023
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., dell'Emilia, IT;
Mattia Chianura, dell'Emilia, IT;
Claudio Trebbi, dell'Emilia, IT;
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., dell'Emilia, IT;
Abstract
A transport apparatus for transporting objects includes a reference surface; electric energizing device to selectively generate one or more magnetic fields associated with the reference surface; and at least one transport member configured to support and transport the objects and to move without contact with respect to the reference surface. The transport member includes a first magnetic device. The electric energizing devices are configured to interact with the first magnetic device and cause the displacement of the transport member. A second magnetic device includes at least one magnetic device configured to assume a first condition in which the magnetic device is inactive and a second condition in which the magnetic device is active and generates a magnetic attraction force suitable to interact with the first magnetic device to block the transport member with respect to the reference surface when a correct interaction between the electric energizing device and the first magnetic device is missing.