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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2024
Applicant:
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Inventor:
Gabriele Stefanelli, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Assignee:
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/00 (2006.01); B65B 3/28 (2006.01); B65B 43/46 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/28 (2013.01); B65B 3/003 (2013.01); B65B 43/46 (2013.01); B65B 65/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for automatically filling and weighing containers supported by a carrier member includes a first station for feeding the carrier member sequentially, a second station configured to fill and weigh the containers; a first robotic arm configured to selectively move one carrier member at a time, a second and a third robotic arm configured to receive respectively at least a first and a second carrier member from the first robotic arm and to move them between one or more operative positions.