US 12,390,942 B2
Unit and method for retaining and moving at least one component and at least one container and production apparatus for articles correlated thereto
Andrea Biondi, Bologna (IT); Luca Cavazza, Bologna (IT); Umberto Zanetti, Bologna (IT); Enrico Campagnoli, Bologna (IT); Antonio Gigante, Bologna (IT); Giacomo Noferini, Bologna (IT); and Cristian Dakessian, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 17/998,487
Filed by G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/056712
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023927, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000018799 (IT), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173686 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/84 (2006.01); B65G 47/86 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0052 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B65G 47/847 (2013.01); B65G 47/848 (2013.01); B65G 47/918 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retention and movement unit of at least one component and at least one container, comprising a moving retention member and a rotary carousel, the moving retention member comprising:
(a) a frame,
(b) a first gripping device secured to said frame, comprising a first retention element, the first gripping device having a first configuration for selectively retaining said at least one component by said first retention element, and
(c) a second gripping device secured to said frame, comprising a second retention element, the second gripping device having a second configuration, different from said first configuration, for selectively retaining said at least one container:
wherein said first retention element operates at reduced pressure to retain the at least one component and said second retention element is a selectively actuatable pincer to move the at least one container;
wherein the first retention element and the second retention element of the moving retention member retain the at least one component and move the at least one container simultaneously, and
wherein the rotary carousel, in which said moving retention member is received, is for moving said retention and movement unit along a closed loop processing trajectory.