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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Luigi Girotto, Spresiano, IT;
Matteo Zoppas, Fontanafredda, IT;
Sipa S.p.A., Vittorio Veneto, IT;
Abstract
Apparatus for the alignment of a plurality of bottles whose body is in the shape of a parallelepiped, and which are furthermore oriented in such a manner that said bottles are provided with respective axes centered on to the respective mouth, and the respective walls are inclined at either acute or obtuse angles with respect to the plane passing through said axes, in which there is provided a structure comprising two comb-like members ( ) and plurality of cylindrical cups ( ) inserted in appropriate housings provided between said comb-like members ( ), wherein said cups ( ) hold respective bottles ( ) and are made in such a manner as to ensure that the corners of the bottles ( ) are capable of being arranged in contact with the inner surface of said cups; said surface is in the shape of a plurality of plane surfaces spaced from each other by configurations in the shape of an arc of a circle having a radius (R) that is equal to the inner radius of the cups (r).