US 12,404,060 B2
Unit and method for the movement and filling of a container, apparatus with such a unit
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. 17/998,348
Filed by G.D S.P.A., Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/056709
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023925, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000018850 (IT), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0227192 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 43/50 (2006.01); B65B 1/12 (2006.01); B65B 29/02 (2006.01); B65B 43/59 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 43/50 (2013.01) [B65B 1/12 (2013.01); B65B 29/022 (2017.08); B65B 43/59 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A movement and filling unit of containers, comprising a carousel rotatable on a first vertical axis on which a movement and filling equipment is mounted, the movement and filling equipment comprising:
a metering member configured to release a predetermined dose of a filling product by a release opening,
a movement device moveably secured to said carousel and configured to rotate about a second vertical axis independently from said carousel, the second vertical axis being different than said first vertical axis, and
a housing secured to said movement device, the housing comprising a plurality of seats and configured to rotate about the second vertical axis,
wherein said movement device is configured to move said plurality of seats along a movement trajectory, the movement trajectory comprising:
a removal position in which said containers are housed in said plurality of seats,
a filling position in which said plurality of seats are vertically aligned in a position under said release opening, and
a release position in which said containers with said filling product are removed from said plurality of seats.