US 12,227,324 B2
Feed unit for articles
Andrea Biondi, Bologna (IT); Luca Cavazza, Bologna (IT); Umberto Zanetti, Bologna (IT); Enrico Campagnoli, Bologna (IT); and Antonio Gigante, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 17/998,353
Filed by G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/056705
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023922, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000018412 (IT), filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227189 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 29/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 35/10 (2006.01); B65B 61/20 (2006.01); B65G 15/14 (2006.01); B65G 33/06 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/31 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 29/022 (2017.08) [B65B 5/06 (2013.01); B65B 35/10 (2013.01); B65B 61/20 (2013.01); B65G 15/14 (2013.01); B65G 33/06 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/31 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0233 (2013.01); B65G 2811/095 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feed unit for articles, comprising:
a first feeding device,
a second feeding device configured to individually pick up said articles from said first feeding device, wherein said articles are picked up at a removal location at a predetermined time interval,
a synchronization device configured to receive said articles from said first feeding device and to move said articles into said removal location at an adjustable speed, and a speed control system configured to adjust the adjustable speed of said synchronization device so that each article reaches said removal location at said time interval in order to be picked up by said second feeding device,
wherein said speed control system comprises:
a position sensor for detecting a position of an article during movement of the article on said synchronization device upstream of said removal location, to adjust the adjustable speed of said synchronization device.