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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Gianpietro Zanini, Montanara di Curtatone, IT;
Marco Baroni, Barbasso di Roncoferraro, IT;
Gianpietro Zanini, Montanara di Curtatone, IT;
Marco Baroni, Barbasso di Roncoferraro, IT;
Abstract
Screw caps () are fitted to the necks of respective containers () by a unit comprising a carousel equipped with a platform on which the containers are placed, a frame positioned above the platform, and a drive system by which the platform and the frame are set in rotation about a main vertical axis. The unit comprises at least one screw capping device () associated with the rotating frame of the carousel, located above a respective container () and equipped with a gripping mechanism () lockable onto the cap () of the container, also a first motion-inducing linkage () by which the gripping mechanism () is caused to rotate about an axis (Y) parallel to the main vertical axis, and a second motion-inducing linkage () by which the gripping mechanism () is moved toward or away from the respective cap (). The screw capping device () is packaged internally of a box-like body () associated removably with the rotating frame and housing the gripping mechanism ().