Machine and method for orienting containers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10183772
APP PUB NO 20180170596A1
SERIAL NO

15529909

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A machine for moving containers to be processed along a feed path. Containers are fed to an infeed station and an infeed transfer unit. The infeed transfer unit is configured to pick up one container at a time and carry it to a loading station of a carousel. The carousel includes supports for the containers. A detector detects an initial orientation of each container. A control unit calculates the angle of rotation of each support in order to orient each container loaded on a support of the carousel in a final predetermined orientation as a function of the initial orientation detected by the detector and the movement of the transfer unit. The support is rotated by the calculated angle of rotation.

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Marcantoni, Simone Ponti sul Mincio, IT 6 26

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