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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Gima S.p.a., Zola Predosa, IT;
Inventors:
Fabio Franceschi, Mordano, IT;
Dario Rea, Monterenzio, IT;
Assignee:
GIMA S.P.A., Zola Predosa (BO), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 29/02 (2006.01); B65B 43/46 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01); B65B 43/44 (2006.01); B65B 61/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 43/52 (2013.01); B65B 29/02 (2013.01); B65B 43/44 (2013.01); B65B 43/46 (2013.01); B65B 61/065 (2013.01); B65G 47/06 (2013.01); B65G 47/90 (2013.01); B65G 2201/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A feeding apparatus for feeding single empty capsules to a packaging machines includes a magazine () adapted to house a stack () of trays () including a plurality of empty capsules; a drawing and moving device () adapted to draw from the stack (), and move, a tray (); a separation device adapted to receive the tray () from the drawing and moving device () and to obtain single empty capsules; and a transfer system () adapted to transfer the empty capsules from the separation device to a transport system of the packaging machine.