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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Antonio Gamberini, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
An ordering device for arranging products received in the loose state in an orderly succession comprises a first and a second conveyor with belts defining a product feed path divided into active portions with variable lengths equaling complementary fractions of the total length of the path; a pair of transmission pulleys, respectively connected to the first and second conveyors to define the active portions and supported by a carriage which moves in both directions along the path; drive means designed to move the transmission pulleys so as to vary the length of the portions; compensator means for compensating the variations in the length of the active portions of the path with corresponding opposite variations in the length of the respective complementary sections of the belts; the device comprises one carriage and the compensator means comprise mechanisms equipped with rigid elements which are connected to one another and which connect the carriage and the belts and vary their geometric configuration according to the movements of the carriage.