Abstract

The present invention concerns a packaging machine suitable for collection one or more containers from a collection area and position them inside specific packages in a release area, the machine comprising at least two guides (10) spaced between them and along which a collection group (20, 50) results to be mobile, to which it is possible to connect one or more pick-up heads suitable for grasping and releasing the container, the guides (10) being configured in such a way that the movimentation of the collection group (20, 50) along them conducts the pick-up heads from a collection area to a release area and vice-versa. It is then foreseen a movimentation system (31, 33, -34) that moves the collection group (20, 50) along said guides (10). In accordance with the invention, a first motorized system (22) is foreseen that controls a rotation of at least one part of the collection group (20, 50) during the movimentation thereof along the guides in such a way that during all the course of the guide from the collection area to the release area the pick-up heads can keep a predetermined inclination and wherein, further, the movimentation system of the collection group foresees at least one belt (30) per guide to which said collection group (20, 50) connects, a multiplicity of pulleys (31) assembled rotatably and that define a course of passage for said belt along the relative guide and a second motorized system (34) that conducts the belt to move along the guide in a direction or in the opposite direction, thus dragging integrally the collection group.

IPC Classes  ?

• B65B 39/00 - Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
• B25J 15/00 - Gripping heads
• B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
• B65G 47/91 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
• B65B 21/20 - Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks with means for varying spacing of bottles
• B65B 35/36 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
• B25J 15/02 - Gripping heads servo-actuated
• B25J 15/04 - Gripping heads with provision for the remote detachment or exchange of the head or parts thereof
• B65B 21/18 - Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
• B65B 35/38 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers by suction-operated grippers
• B65B 35/58 - Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position
• B65B 5/08 - Packaging groups of articles, the articles being individually gripped or guided for transfer to the containers or receptacles
• B65B 5/10 - Filling containers or receptacles progressively or in stages by introducing successive articles, or layers of articles
• B25J 9/02 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by movement of the arms, e.g. cartesian co-ordinate type
• B25J 9/10 - Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by positioning means for manipulator elements
• B65B 59/00 - Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes