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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2004
Filippo Furlotti, Parma, IT;
Filippo Furlotti, Parma, IT;
Indag Gesellschaft fur Industriebedarf mbH & Co. Betriebs KG, Eppelheim, DE;
Abstract
A device for opening flexible containers, comprising a first gripping assembly () active on a first portion of a container and second gripping assembly () active on a second portion of the container which faces the first portion and co-operating with the first gripping assembly () to move the first and second portion away from each other. In operative conditions, the container is interposed between the first and second gripping assemblies (). The second gripping assembly () is movable between at least one operative configuration in which the container is interposed between the first and second gripping assemblies () and at least one resting configuration in which the container is not interposed between the first and second gripping assemblies (), as a consequence of a movement of the second gripping assemblies (). In particular, the first and second gripping assemblies comprise suction cups ().