Patents Assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA
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Patent number: 10780615Abstract: A punch for the compression molding of plastic material for forming capsules for containers closure, wherein the punch includes a stem portion made of steel and a head portion made of copper alloy screwed to the stem portion, wherein a separation interface between the stem portion and head portion includes a passage for gas that reaches a bottom surface of the punch delimitating one forming cavity where the compression molding of the plastic material occurs, and wherein one channel internal to the head portion communicates with the passage for gas to enable extraction of gas out of the forming cavity.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: SACMI Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' CooperativaInventor: Davide Penazzi
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Patent number: 10773941Abstract: A continuous cycle bottling line (1) for containers of thermoplastic material, comprises: a parison (4) moulding unit (3), a thermal conditioning unit (6) for the parisons (4); a blow-moulding unit (10); a filling unit (12) configured to receive the blow-moulded containers (11) from the blow-moulding unit (10) and to fill them with liquid or semi-liquid food products; a moulding unit (13) for making caps (14) of plastic material; a capping unit (15); a storage system (2) which is configured to contain the parisons (4) and the caps (14), which is interconnected with the units making up the line, and which defines inside it a controlled-atmosphere environment; the line defines an integrated system where the connections of the different units with each other and with the storage system (2) are located in a controlled-atmosphere environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Daniele Marastoni
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Patent number: 10703002Abstract: In a cutting apparatus a rotating carousel conveys caps made of synthetic plastic material to a fixed blade having the shape of a circumferential arc. The caps are rotated about themselves by spindles. The blade cuts an annular weakening line to form the tamperproof ring of the cap. The carousel has an emitter and a laser receiver that cooperate to detect the presence or absence of the cutting edge of the fixed blade. The apparatus ensures good cutting quality.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: SACMI Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' CooperativaInventor: Stefano Bergami
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Patent number: 10695718Abstract: A device (1) for generating clean air in a measuring apparatus, comprising: a duct (2) having an inlet and an outlet for the passage of an air flow to be cleaned; a platinum wire (3), positioned inside the duct (2), for intercepting the air flow to be cleaned, the platinum wire (3) is inserted in an electrical circuit (17) connectable to an electricity supply (15) to be operatively crossed by an electrical current.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Marco Remondini
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Patent number: 10682790Abstract: A mold is provided for forming caps for closing containers by compression molding doses of plastic material, where a bottom wall of the cap, or at least one portion of the bottom wall is very thin. The mold includes two half-molds axially movable towards each other which assume an end closed position without a dose. A tubular element is slidable around the second half-mold and partially defines the cavity. The tubular element contacts an axial abutment of the first half-mold at one side and an axial end stop of the second half-mold at the other side to prevent hard contact between the half-molds.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOERATIVAInventors: Stefano Bergami, Davide Penazzi
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Patent number: 10603820Abstract: A method and an apparatus for forming annular doses provides a flow of plasticised material supplied by an extruder which passes through a channel that is first cylindrical and then annular. The material exits from an annular outlet in front of which a cutting element passes that separates an annular dose of material. The dose is deposited on a surface of a capsule having a capacity to adhere to the dose that is greater than the cutting element. The surface and the cutting element are distanced from one another in such a manner that the annular dose remaining adhering to the capsule is detached from the element. Detachment can be promoted by a flow of air.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: SACMI Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' CooperativaInventors: Danilo Albonetti, Andrea Sallioni
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Patent number: 10562208Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for forming annular doses of synthetic plasticised material supplied from an extruder, in which the doses are applied to a surface of a capsule and the seals of the capsules are then compression-formed. The apparatus includes one tubular wall that has a longitudinal axis and is axially movable for closing an annular outlet from which the synthetic plasticised material exits with a component that is normal to the longitudinal axis. The tubular wall has a cutting edge that shears the plasticised material during the closing movement in order to separate the annular dose, formed outside the outlet, from the material that remains inside the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' CoopertivaInventors: Danilo Albonetti, Andrea Sallioni
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Patent number: 10408769Abstract: An apparatus for optical inspection of objects, in particular cans. The apparatus includes an inspection station, a lighting system, and a camera directed towards the inspection system to capture an image of the lateral surface of the object to be inspected. A Fresnel lens is associated with the lighting system to direct a beam of light rays collimated towards the object to be inspected, located in the inspection station. A further Fresnel lens is positioned to face the object to be inspected, located in the inspection station and directed in such a way as to make the collimated light rays converge on the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA'COOPERATIVAInventor: Marco Casadio
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Patent number: 10392173Abstract: A safety capsule for containers, comprising: an external cap (2), provided with coupling means for the coupling thereof to the neck (C) of a container; an internal element (3), located inside the external cap (2) and configured to be associated, in a removable manner, with an opening (A) of the container; connecting means (4, 5), interposed between the external cap (2) and the internal element (3), and structured so as to leave the external cap (2) and the internal element (3) unconstrained with respect to a movement for opening or removal of the external cap (2) between a closed position and an intermediate position, and solidly constrain the external cap (2) and the internal element (3) with respect to the movement for opening or removal of the external cap (2) between the intermediate position and an opening position; a signalling means (S) structured so as to take on a given configuration in the intermediate position.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA′ COOPERATIVAInventors: Fabrizio Pucci, Enrico Gianfranco Campari, Giorgio Matteucci
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Patent number: 10371644Abstract: An apparatus (1) for optical inspection of objects (2), in particular metal lids, comprises: a camera (6) oriented according to a vertical viewing axis (7) to see the object (2) to be inspected positioned in an inspection station (4) and to capture an image of the object (2); a first illuminator (10) irradiating grazing light at a first frequency a second illuminator (11) irradiating top-down light at a second frequency different from the first frequency; a third illuminator (12) irradiating diffused light at a third frequency different from the first and second frequencies; a processor connected to the camera (6) for processing the captured image and deriving a first, a second and a third filtered image corresponding to the illumination contributions of the first, second and third illuminators (10, 11, 12), respectively and separately.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventors: Sanzio Caroli, Massimo Balducci
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Patent number: 10300633Abstract: A male mold element includes a cooling circuit having first passage elements obtained in a first component of the male mold element and second passage elements obtained in a second component of the male mold element, the first passage elements and the second passage elements being distributed around a longitudinal axis of the male mold element so that there exist a plurality of angular positions of the first component relative to the second component in which the first passage elements are in fluid communication with the second passage elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Davide Penazzi
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Patent number: 10279987Abstract: A method for producing an element of a capsule, the capsule being intended to contain a product having at least one component that can be extracted by means of an extraction fluid, comprises the step of obtaining at least one preparatory zone intended to define, during use of the capsule, a passage for the extraction fluid, so that the extraction fluid can pass through the capsule in order to extract said component. The preparatory zone is obtained by means of a cutting operation carried out before the capsule is filled with the product and after the capsule element has been formed. The cutting operation is carried out by means of a blade element.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA′ COOPERATIVAInventors: Fiorenzo Parrinello, Fabrizio Pucci
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Publication number: 20190100359Abstract: A method and an apparatus form aluminium screw capsules with a safety ring made of synthetic plastics for tamperproof closing of containers. An aluminium capsule body is inserted into a moulding cavity Of a mould conformed and arranged for the overmoulding of a safety ring on an edge of an annular wall of the capsule body. An annular sealing zone is defined for the synthetic plastic material between a first surface of the capsule body and a mould first portion inserted into the central cavity of the capsule body to form a safety ring anchored to the capsule body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Danilo ALBONETTI
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Patent number: 10234399Abstract: An apparatus (1) for optical inspection of plastic parisons (2) intended to be blow molded to form containers, comprises a conveyor (3) for transporting corresponding parisons (2) along a predetermined path; at an inspection station along the path, each parison (2) is positioned with its axis (208) aligned with a longitudinal reference axis. A stationary camera (7) is provided, with its viewing axis (8) coincident with the longitudinal reference axis, to view the interior of the parison (2); an illuminator (9) is positioned around the viewing axis (8) of the camera (7), to irradiate the outside surface of a mouth end (202) of the parison (2). The camera (7) has a wide-angle lens, to capture an image of an inside surface of the mouth end (202) of the parison (2), representing a screw thread (205) and the identification code (207) of the parison (2), shown in transparency.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Donato Laico
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Patent number: 10227224Abstract: A continuous cycle bottling line for containers of thermoplastic material comprises: a parison molding unit; a blow-molding unit for making containers; a unit for filling the containers; a thermal conditioning structure for the parisons, for heating and cooling the parisons in a heating module and in a cooling module, respectively; an automatic controlled-atmosphere storage system for containing the parisons and interconnected with the other parts of the line; a pressurization system configured to pressurize at least the following parts of the line: the storage system, the at least one blow-molding unit and the connections between the thermal conditioning structure and the storage system; where the heating and cooling modules, alternatively or in combination, i) are pressurized, ii) have a plurality of shutters configured to occlude the opening at the end of each parison, so that the interior of the parison remains closed when the parison is inside the heating and cooling module.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Daniele Marastoni
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Patent number: 10196211Abstract: A storage system for storing objects of plastic material processed in a bottling line (45) comprises: a plurality of drawers (4) configured to contain groups of objects (5); a frame (2) which defines a plurality of compartments (3) configured to house the drawers (4); a conveyor (8) movable in the storage system (1) itself and configured to access the compartments (3) in such a way as to withdraw and place drawers (4) from and into the compartments (4); a loading bay (11) having one or more loading compartments for receiving corresponding drawers (4) and having a loading manipulator (28) configured to place in the drawers (4) the loose objects (5) received from an infeed conveyor (29); an unloading bay (12) having at least one unloading compartment for receiving a corresponding drawer (4) and having an unloading manipulator (41) configured to place onto an outfeed conveyor (43, 44) the loose objects (5) stored in the drawer (4).Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Daniele Marastoni
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Patent number: 10132727Abstract: Method for monitoring the odorous emissions of a plurality of zones (2, 3, 4, 5) of a given site (6); the method provides for the use of an electronic nose, and comprises a plurality of selective feeding steps, during each of which a respective sample coming from a relative zone is selectively conveyed to the electronic nose so as not to convey other gas samples coming from other zones to the electronic nose; according to some aspects of the invention, the selective feeding steps are repeated several times and the order of succession of the selective feeding steps is modified so as to control zones of particular interest more often.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICA IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Marco Remondini
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Publication number: 20180321163Abstract: An apparatus for optical inspection of objects, in particular cans. The apparatus includes an inspection station, a lighting system, and a camera directed towards the inspection system to capture an image of the lateral surface of the object to be inspected. A Fresnel lens is associated with the lighting system to direct a beam of light rays collimated towards the object to be inspected, located in the inspection station. A further Fresnel lens is positioned to face the object to be inspected, located in the inspection station and directed in such a way as to make the collimated light rays converge on the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Marco CASADIO
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Patent number: 10022774Abstract: A method of embossing a crown cap comprises the steps of: detecting a pre-printed drawing on the bottom of the crown cap, varying the angular positioning of the crown cap so as to position the drawing according to a preset positioning, and impressing a raised/recessed pictogram on the bottom of the crown cap. The pre-printed drawing and the embossed pictogram will have a desired reciprocal position.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: SACMI Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' CooperativaInventors: Danilo Albonetti, Stefano Bergami
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Patent number: 10011408Abstract: A safety capsule for containers, comprising: an external cap (2), provided with coupling means for the coupling thereof to the neck (C) of a container; an internal element (3), located inside the external cap (2) and configured to be associated, in a removable manner, with an opening (A) of the container; connecting means (4, 5), interposed between the external cap (2) and the internal element (3), and structured so as to leave the external cap (2) and the internal element (3) unconstrained with respect to a movement for opening or removal of the external cap (2) between a closed position and an intermediate position, and solidly constrain the external cap (2) and the internal element (3) with respect to the movement for opening or removal of the external cap (2) between the intermediate position and an opening position.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVAInventor: Fabrizio Pucci