US 11,724,925 B2
Machine for packaging liquids or semisolid products in containers
Angelo Nava, Bergamo (IT)
Assigned to SMI S.P.A., Bergamo (IT)
Filed by SMI S.P.A., Bergamo (IT)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,238.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000009685 (IT), filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339998 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B67C 7/00 (2006.01); B65C 3/08 (2006.01); B67C 3/24 (2006.01); B67C 3/22 (2006.01)
CPC B67C 7/004 (2013.01) [B65C 3/08 (2013.01); B67C 3/24 (2013.01); B67C 7/0073 (2013.01); B67C 2003/227 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for packaging liquids in containers, comprising:
operating units comprising a preform oven and a blowing unit, and
distribution starwheels for moving preforms or the containers between the operating units;
wherein the machine comprises a base which comprises an upper plate including a bottom surface and a lower plate including a top surface, wherein all the operating units and the distribution starwheels are placed on said upper plate, wherein the upper plate and the lower plate are assembled to form a box-like structure, the box-like structure comprising sides which separate the upper plate from the lower plate so as to enclose a space therein on all sides, and configured to accommodate cables and pipes which are functional to operation of the machine, wherein the box-like structure comprises one or more compartments which are open on a side of the lower plate and closed at a top by the upper plate and laterally by walls, the compartments being configured to accommodate and allow passage of the cables and pipes which are functional to the operation of the machine, the walls of the compartments comprising openings configured to allow the passage of the cables and pipes between an exterior and an interior of the box-like structure, wherein the upper plate is larger than the lower plate, whereby the upper plate protrudes laterally with respect to the sides of the box-like structure, wherein fins extend from the sides of the box-like structure between the bottom surface of the upper plate and the top surface of the lower plate, wherein the fins protrude laterally with respect to the sides of the box-like structure and are in contact with and support ends of the bottom surface of the upper plate that protrude laterally with respect the sides of the box-like structure, and wherein the fins are abutment surfaces for support bars of the base.