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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2003
Massimo Malini, Bologna, IT;
AETNA Group, S.p.A., Villa Verucchio, IT;
Abstract
Bottles fed continuously to a wrapping line are ordered into groups by a device comprising a conveyor belt positioned downstream of a feed station from which the bottles emerge, and a separating system, operating in conjunction with the conveyor belt, by which the advancing bottles are divided into groups before passing forward to the wrapping stations. The separating action is performed by first and second flexible bands looped around respective pulleys within vertical planes, using sets of first and second locating elements anchored respectively to the first and to the second flexible band, which are brought to bear alongside and at right angles to the conveyor belt so as to engage in contact with the bottles. The first and second locating elements are anchored removably to the relative flexible bands utilizing respective sets of attachment devices, designed in such a way that the number and mutual positioning of the elements can be varied according to the size of the bottles and the number of bottles making up the single group.