US 12,011,791 B2
Orientation device for elongated objects
Andrea Toro, Fiorano Modenese (IT)
Assigned to SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A., Modenese (IT)
Appl. No. 17/277,339
Filed by SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A., Fiorano Modenese (IT)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/057846
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058863, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000008814 (IT), filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023980 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B23P 19/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 47/24 (2006.01)
CPC B23P 19/002 (2013.01) [B23P 19/007 (2013.01); B65G 47/1485 (2013.01); B65G 47/24 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0217 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orientation device for objects (O) provided with a stem (S) and with a head (H) that has a minimum width (R), wherein the orientation device comprises: a slot (3) which has two edges (31,32) separated by a predetermined distance (D), less than the maximum width (R) of the head (H) and greater than the maximum width of the stem (S); an uncoupling device (4), movable between an active configuration, in which the uncoupling device is able to retain an object (O) with respect to lifting, and an inactive configuration, in which the coupling device is not able to interact with an object (O); a magnetic gripping element (2), movable along at least a vertical direction between an upper position and a lower position, in which an object (O) associated with the gripping element (2) is in a position such as to be retained by the uncoupling device (4) so as to be detached from the gripping element (2) and resting on the slot (3).