Patents Assigned to Gebo
  • Patent number: 10343852
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sorting device for elements of the cap or stopper type, used to close a bottle or vial, or of the plastic preform type. The device includes a continuous conveyor arranged to travel in a conveying direction and equipped with successive transverse stop members between which the elements can rest in transverse alignment. The sorting device includes an ejector for ejecting the elements from the conveyor by moving the elements essentially along the length of the transverse stop members, the ejector include at least one push member which can move at least transversely to the conveying direction so as to push the elements towards the exit zone. Also disclosed is a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Emmanuel Roth
  • Patent number: 10259662
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for delivering sorted elements of the cap, stopper or other type, in order to feed a downstream work station, the device including a unit for lifting elements, in which a first sorting operation is performed, and, mounted downstream, a unit for treating the elements in which the elements are treated individually. Also disclosed is a delivery device including a conveyor mounted downstream from the treatment unit in order to direct the elements towards the work station, the conveyor moving the elements singly. Further disclosed is a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventor: Emmanuel Roth
  • Publication number: 20190039835
    Abstract: Disclosed is a conveying device including an upstream conveying unit for receiving products from at least one upstream station, an accumulation surface along which the upstream conveying unit circulates, a loading unit for moving the products from the upstream conveying unit to the accumulation surface, a downstream conveying unit for clearing the products, and an unloading unit for moving the products from the accumulation surface to the downstream conveying unit. The downstream conveying unit includes a plurality of independent moving unit receiving the products in receiving zones which are successively distributed from the edge of the accumulation surface opposite the edge along which the upstream conveying unit extends. Also disclosed is a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Anthony GEHIN, Patrick HUTTER
  • Patent number: 10196219
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer device for transferring preformed layers of products between an external conveyor and a pallet on which layers can form a stack, the transfer device including a support structure including at least one vertical guide column, a tray, mounted on the at least one guide column and receiving the pre-formed layer, a tool, mounted on the support structure, for transferring a layer between the tray and the pallet or the stack. This transfer device includes an object detector with a wide detection angle, for detecting products at the same vertical level in a wide horizontal field of observation, the detector being movable in the vertical direction along the support structure. Also disclosed is a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS ITALY SRL
    Inventors: Mauro Frigeri, Massimiliano Legati
  • Publication number: 20190031449
    Abstract: Disclosed is a conveyor device for conveying along a conveyor plane, in order to transform a wide flow of products into a downstream single-file flow, including an intake conveyor, suitable for conveying the wide flow, an output conveyor suitable for conveying the single-file flow, an acceleration conveyor positioned between the intake conveyor and the outlet conveyor and including a plurality of conveyor units with a speed gradient, and also including a guide for guiding the products transversely from the intake conveyor to the outlet conveyor and positioned downstream from the flow of products so that the products are moved against same under the effect of the consecutive conveyors. Also disclosed is a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventor: Julien BERGER
  • Patent number: 10124965
    Abstract: A device (1) for conveying products, has a first conveying portion (2), referred to as a quick portion (2), and a second conveying portion (3), referred to as a slow portion (3), in which the products then circulate in a linear fashion in a longitudinal conveying direction (4), normally slower than in the quick portion (2). The products circulate from the quick portion (2) towards the slow portion (3), in which they are then organized into a flow that is wider than in the quick portion (2), the quick portion (2) and the slow portion (3) being placed next to one another. Upstream from the slow portion (3), the quick portion (2) has an upstream guide (5) which is directed angularly towards the slow portion (3). A method for implementing the device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Zmaj Petrovic, Anthony Gehin
  • Patent number: 10087017
    Abstract: An intervention device (1) for a conveyor line conveying products to be moved in an upright position, i.e. the largest dimension thereof being perpendicular to the normally horizontal conveying plane, such as bottles of liquid, the device including: a detection module (2) for detecting the position of the products in a detection area (3) on the conveyor line; a removal module (4) for gripping and removing products that are lying down from a removal area (5) on the conveying line; and a control module (6) receiving information from the detection module (2) and controlling the removal module (4) accordingly. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: GEBO CERMEX CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Franck Klotz
  • Patent number: 9968474
    Abstract: A therapeutic stretching device includes a strap; a fulcrum member centrally located on the strap and arranged to be placed behind the back of a user's neck and operable as a fulcrum for cervical spinal extension; first and second shoulder pads attached to the strap on either side of the fulcrum member, the shoulder pads arranged to assist the strap in pulling shoulder joints of the user backwards and to create bilateral glenohumeral external rotation; and at least one pair of loops disposed on the strap, wherein shoulder pads are disposed between the fulcrum member and the pair of loops, the loops being disposed and sized for right and left hand or wrist placement during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: GEBO LLC
    Inventor: Thomas A. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 9908721
    Abstract: A palletizer for depositing a preformed layer (13) of objects (14) on a pallet (15). The palletizer includes a conveyor, equipped with an advancement mechanism (16, M1), which advances the preformed layer of objects and is designed to impart kinetic energy to the preformed layer (13) of objects, a layer depositing tool (12) designed to deposit the preformed layer (13) of objects onto the pallet (15), and a transfer mechanism for transferring the preformed layer (13) of objects and designed so that the entirety of the preformed layer (13) of objects leaves the conveyor and arrives on the layer depositing tool (12). The transfer mechanism includes the advancement mechanism (16, M1). The conveyor is a conveyor-launcher (11) designed for launching the preformed layers (13) of objects, and the transfer mechanism includes the advancement mechanism of the conveyor-launcher and the kinetic energy imparted by the conveyor-launcher (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS ITALY S.R.L.
    Inventor: Zmaj Petrovic
  • Patent number: 9878855
    Abstract: A method and device for feeding at least one receiving surface between two consecutive stations in a production line for handling products on an assembly line, the device having a pick-up zone from where the products are transferred to the surface, and including an input conveyor to receive and maintain a compact flow of products received from an upstream station, a receiving conveyor, extending along a conveying direction in the pick-up zone to receive and then stop the flow of products there delivered by the input conveyor, an a transfer unit, to move, transversely to the conveying direction, toward the receiving surface, the products stopped in the pick-up zone. The device further includes at least one buffer conveying element, able to receive the compact flow of products from the input conveyor when the products are stopped on the receiving conveyor for their transfer, and maintain the compactness of the flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Anthony Gehin
  • Patent number: 9758318
    Abstract: A method for transferring at least one object (7) from a conveying surface (9) of a supply conveyor (6) onto a surface (15), the method including the following steps: —conveying the object (7) in a conveying direction, the object (7) including a base (7a) that rests on the conveying surface (9), —bringing the object (7) into contact with a guide (16) placed in the conveying direction at a distance from the downstream end line (12) of the supply conveyor (6), —ending the contact between the base (7a) of the object and the conveying surface (9), —dropping the object (7) onto the receiving surface (15), the step of ending the contact between the base (7a) of the object (7) and the conveying surface (9) only taking place after the step of bringing the object (7) into contact with the guide (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventor: Zmaj Petrovic
  • Patent number: 9676568
    Abstract: A device for transferring pre-formed layers of objects to the top of a pallet. The device has a guide column (2), a depositing head (4) designed to deposit the layers (11) on top of one another on the pallet (6), and a receiving tray (3) for receiving a pre-formed layer of objects. The receiving tray (3) is movable relative to the depositing head (4). The depositing head (4) and the receiving tray (3) is each slidably mounted in cantilever fashion on the guide column (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS ITALY S.R.L.
    Inventor: Zmaj Petrovic
  • Patent number: 9624038
    Abstract: A depalletization device (1) that is able to disassemble a pallet (2) that is made up of at least a number of layers (3), includes: a loading/unloading device (6), which is able to separate and extract a layer (3) from the pallet (2); a first conveyor (7) that can be supplied with the layer (3) that is separated from the pallet (2) and is able to move the layer (3) forward; the depalletization device (1) also includes: a second conveyor (10), which can be fed from the first conveyor (7) with an entire layer (3); a pair of third conveyors (11a, 11b) that are able to receive, one or the other alternatingly, the entire layer (3); and actuator elements (14) that can be controlled to transfer the entire layer (3) from the second conveyor (10) to either of the third conveyors (11a, 11b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS ITALY S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mauro Lanzi
  • Patent number: 9505562
    Abstract: A device (2) for accumulating and transferring objects includes: a feed conveyor (6), a discharge conveyor (8), an accumulation surface (27), a first transfer element (18) for moving at least one batch of objects from the feed conveyor to the accumulation surface, a second transfer element (7) for moving at least one batch of objects from the accumulation surface to the output conveyor. At least one of the first and second transfer element includes a robotic handling device (18) provided with a handling head (17) for at least one batch of objects. The accumulation surface (27) is a conveyor (7) which forms the second transfer element and the direction of which is inclined and preferably perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the input conveyor (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventor: Zmaj Petrovic
  • Patent number: 9376265
    Abstract: There is disclosed a unit for forming a layer of a batch of groups of articles, comprising a first conveyor adapted to convey a plurality of groups in an abutting relationship; and a second conveyor adapted to separate batch from the remaining groups for a gap; unit further comprises manipulating means adapted to manipulate separated batch on an area defined by second conveyor, so as to form layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS ITALY S.R.L.
    Inventors: Davide Acerbis, Massimiliano Legati
  • Publication number: 20160052727
    Abstract: A method for transferring at least one object (7) from a conveying surface (9) of a supply conveyor (6) onto a surface (15), the method including the following steps: conveying the object (7) in a conveying direction, the object (7) including a base (7a) that rests on the conveying surface (9), bringing the object (7) into contact with a guide (16) placed in the conveying direction at a distance from the downstream end line (12) of the supply conveyor (6), ending the contact between the base (7a) of the object and the conveying surface (9), dropping the object (7) onto the receiving surface (15), the step of ending the contact between the base (7a) of the object (7) and the conveying surface (9) only taking place after the step of bringing the object (7) into contact with the guide (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventor: Zmaj PETROVIC
  • Publication number: 20150291367
    Abstract: A device (2) for accumulating and transferring objects includes: a feed conveyor (6), a discharge conveyor (8), an accumulation surface (27), a first transfer element (18) for moving at least one batch of objects from the feed conveyor to the accumulation surface, a second transfer element (7) for moving at least one batch of objects from the accumulation surface to the output conveyor. At least one of the first and second transfer element includes a robotic handling device (18) provided with a handling head (17) for at least one batch of objects. The accumulation surface (27) is a conveyor (7) which forms the second transfer element and the direction of which is inclined and preferably perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the input conveyor (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventor: Zmaj Petrovic
  • Patent number: 9145270
    Abstract: Apparatus (1) for handling articles (2), including an endless infeed drive member (3) moving in an infeed direction (ID); an endless outfeed drive member (4) moving in a second, outfeed direction (OD); and an endless carrier conveyor (33) having. The carrier conveyor includes an infeed section (34) overlying the infeed drive member (3), whereby the infeed drive member (3) drives the infeed section (34) in the infeed direction (ID); an outfeed section (35) overlying the outfeed drive member (4), whereby the outfeed drive member (4) drives the outfeed section (35) in the outfeed direction (OD); and an arcuate intermediate section (36) bridging the infeed section (34) and the outfeed section (35) along a transfer path (37) between a diverting point (DIV) where the carrier conveyor (33) disconnects from the infeed drive member (3), and an inverting point (INV) where the carrier conveyor (33) connects the outfeed drive member (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventor: Haim Touitou
  • Patent number: 9139378
    Abstract: The invention relates to a selecting and screening device (15) for sealing elements or for hollow stoppers intended for a sealing station (4), the device being provided in the form of a chute consisting of two portions: a feed portion (17) and an outlet portion (18), and, between said two portions, a transit channel (20) forming an arc and comprising an ejection window (33), wherein said outlet portion (18) is to be connected to the sealing station (4), said channel (20) partially encloses a wheel (21) provided with notches (22) that match the size of said stoppers (2), and the wheel (21) is associated with pins (30), characterized in that the function of said pins (30) is to support the stoppers (2) in the respective notch (22) thereof as the former pass in front of said ejection window (33), if said stoppers are correctly oriented and not defective, and in that said outlet portion (18) is intended to convey said properly oriented and non-defective stoppers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Remy Lopez, Zmaj Petrovic, David Lamoly
  • Patent number: 9090406
    Abstract: An article (2) accumulation conveyor (1) having an endless conveying belt (9), characterized in that it comprises: a plurality of accumulation modules (14) having adjustable capacity, comprising independent frames (16), a device (53) for transferring the articles (2) from one accumulation module (14) to another (14), said device (53) being interposed between said modules (14); an endless conveying belt (9) common to the accumulation modules (14) and to the transfer device (53).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: GEBO PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Rémy Lopez, Zmaj Petrovic, Pascal Walter