US 12,319,520 B2
Singling unit for articles stacked in a nested configuration
Andrea Biondi, Bologna (IT); Luca Cavazza, Bologna (IT); Enrico Campagnoli, Bologna (IT); Antonio Gigante, Bologna (IT); and Umberto Zanetti, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 17/998,248
Filed by G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/056703
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023920, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000018424 (IT), filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219773 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 59/10 (2006.01); B65B 29/02 (2006.01); B65B 43/44 (2006.01); B65B 43/46 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); B65G 47/84 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 59/107 (2013.01) [B65B 29/022 (2017.08); B65B 43/44 (2013.01); B65B 43/46 (2013.01); B65G 47/681 (2013.01); B65G 47/848 (2013.01); B65G 59/103 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A singling unit for articles stacked in a nested configuration, comprising:
at least two stacks of articles stacked in a nested configuration,
an extractor group configured to extract single articles from each of said at least two stacks, the extractor group comprising:
an extractor wheel configured to rotate about a main rotation axis,
at least one first gripping head mounted on said extractor wheel, and
at least two gripping elements, each mounted on said at least one first gripping head, each gripping element being configured to selectively retain one of said articles extracted from said at least two stacks of articles, and
a conveyor configured to receive the articles singled by said extractor group and to transport the articles along an advance direction with the articles arranged in at least one row substantially parallel to said advance direction,
wherein said extractor group is configured to deposit on said conveyor the articles extracted from said stacks in a number of rows smaller than the number of said at least two stacks.