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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2001
Philippe Derouault, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Patrick Mie, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Jean-Louis Pellegatta, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Sidel S.A., Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Abstract
An installation for the packaging of a product in containers closed with a stopper, including in particular a filling machine ( ), a stopping machine ( ) and, upstream of this, a device ( ) for the dynamic storage of stoppers suitable to drive the stoppers continuously and with a pre-specified pitch, the number of stoppers present simultaneously in the device ( ) being at least equal to that of the containers present in a pre-specified part ( ) of the installation, means ( ) for the control of the supply of stoppers being provided upstream of the device ( ) to control a device ( ) for supplying containers located upstream of the pre-specified part ( ); thus, for every container engaged in the pre-specified part ( ) corresponds a stopper present in the device ( ) supplying the stopping machine ( ) and, in the event of an incident in the supply of stoppers upstream of the device ( ), the supply of containers from the pre-specified part ( ) is controlled ( ) while maintaining the operation of the terminal part of the installation at least until the incident is over.