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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer, FR;
Zmaj Petrovic, Reichstett, FR;
GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE, Reichstett, FR;
Abstract
A device () for accumulating and transferring objects includes: a feed conveyor (), a discharge conveyor (), an accumulation surface (), a first transfer element () for moving at least one batch of objects from the feed conveyor to the accumulation surface, a second transfer element () for moving at least one batch of objects from the accumulation surface to the output conveyor. At least one of the first and second transfer element includes a robotic handling device () provided with a handling head () for at least one batch of objects. The accumulation surface () is a conveyor () which forms the second transfer element and the direction of which is inclined and preferably perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the input conveyor ().