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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 18, 1998
Paolo Fontanazzi, Modena, IT;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A reject device (,) for a high-speed packaging machine (,), the device having an input opening (,) for a succession of packages (,) containing pourable food products and traveling along a supply path (A); a first guide surface (,) for guiding the packages (,) along a transfer path (B) to an output station (,); a second guide surface (,) for guiding the packages (,) along an expulsion path (C) intersecting the supply and transfer paths (A, B); and a selecting member (,) located at the intersection of the supply, transfer and expulsion paths (A, B, C), and which has a first and a second wall (,) facing and connected integrally to each other, and rotates, about a fixed hinge axis (E) crosswise to the supply path (A), between a first operating position wherein the first wall (,) is substantially aligned with the first guide surface (,) to direct the packages (,) along the transfer path (B), and a second operating position wherein the second wall (,) is substantially aligned with the second guide surface (,) to direct the packages (,) along the expulsion path (C). (FIG.,)
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