Abstract: A planar table for accumulating items for conveying equipment, including: two parallel planar inlet and outlet conveyors that are driven in opposite directions so as to longitudinally move the items. The planar conveyors form an item transit area that has a variable receiving surface, and a diverting member for transferring the items, arranged on the inlet conveyor, to the outlet conveyor. The diverting member is shaped as a curved wall arranged on a longitudinally movable carriage. The wall extends substantially over the entire width of the inlet conveyor, between a side chute and a structure arranged between the two conveyors and on which the carriage is attached. There is an area for feeding items onto the outlet conveyor, the feeding area is arranged outside said transit area.

Abstract: A method for changing cavities (24) for molding containers for a blow-molding station (14), including: a plurality of mold carrier units (22), each having a first mold (16A) consisting of a plurality of portions that are capable of being attached together so as to form a first cavity (24A); a first element for arranging the first attached molds (16A); and a second element for arranging the second attached molds (16B). The method for changing all of the first cavities (24A) includes at least one first pre-preparation step (E1) during which all of the second molds (16B) are stored in the detached state on a first intermediate storage stand (39, 54) while the blow-molding station (14) still produces containers using the first molds (16A). The invention also relates to a dynamic storage device.

Abstract: A system having an upstream module M for storing cardboard blanks, a central module C with a device for taking the blanks from the magazine, and a downstream packing and packaging module V having a station where the blanks are erected. The extractor arm is mounted on a carriage which is movable so as to move the blanks lengthwise and the arm is movable relative to the carriage by an actuating mechanism which enables the arm to articulate about an axis. The distance D between the exit edge of the magazine and the reference point of the station is fixed, and the carriage controls the movements of the blank extracted from the magazine in order to avert the risk of interference with the magazine and to position the blank in the station to enable it to be erected, and this for a whole range of forms of blanks.

Abstract: A process for erecting a cardboard box blank into the form of a case for the manufacture of a shipping-type cardboard box, together with equipment for its implementation. The process includes the following stages: drawing off a blank having an inscription in standard or reverse form from a stand using a first extractor arm, holding this first arm in contact with a first side of the blank and then placing a second arm on a second side of the blank, the second side being opposite the first side. The process includes operation of a control mechanism after application of second arm to erect a blank having an inscription in standard or reverse form into the form of a case, the control mechanism activating the first extractor arm or the second arm to open the blank.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for grouping together products that arrive in line and are spaced apart from each other on an infeed conveyor (2), consisting of: collecting the products on the fly by means of a pair of collectors (4) that move transversely relative to the products on said conveyor (2); moving the products collected by collector (4A) to a removal station (11) and, at the same time, replacing said collector (4A) with the second collector (4B) that, in turn, collects the products; and dropping off the products from collector (4A) to the removal station (11) and bringing said collector (4A) back to a collecting position while intersecting collector (4B).

Abstract: Pressurized gas injecting device (14) for a machine (1) for blow molding or stretch blow molding a container from a blank (2) of plastic material. The device has a nozzle (15) movable between an upper position separated from a mold (9) intended to receive the blank (2) and a lower position pressed against the mold (9) while covering a neck (3) of the blank (2); an insert (36) mounted movably with respect to the nozzle (15), the insert (36) having a lower end face (45) capable of being pressed against a lip (4) of the blank (2); and a return device (44) applying force on the insert (36) toward a lower position in which the insert (36) is at the end-of-travel stop with respect to the nozzle (15), and in which the lower end face (45) of the insert (36) extends beyond the nozzle (15).

Abstract: A device (10) for conveying at least one preform (12) in a preform heating unit (12), the conveying device (10) including a conveyor belt which includes at least: a main traction belt (14a) which engages with rotary elements (16a, 16b); and a secondary support belt (14b) which is movably connected to the main belt (14a) by a connecting element (24), and to which at least one support device (34) of at least one preform (12) is attached by an attachment element (36).

Abstract: A guide track associated with a capping machine, including a capping head that is adjustable to fit the different formats of bottles. The track has, upstream from and adjacent to the capping head, a telescopic portion having a section rigidly connected to the capping head and movable with the latter, and a stationary section rigidly connected to a general frame. The telescopic portion of the guide track for caps includes side walls, the surface of which is smooth, regardless of the position of the stationary section and the movable section in relation to one another. The stationary section and the movable section are transversely shifted, and guided with regard to one another, by a runner system.

Abstract: The method consists in collecting products (2) that are arriving spaced and in line on a conveyor (1). This collection is carried out by means of a collector device (40), in the form of a comb, arranged transversally, forming an angle between 60 and 120° in relation to the product advancement direction (2). The collector (40) deposits and drops the collected products at a take-up station which is located on the side of said supply conveyor (1); it is capable of a loop movement that can be divided, for the collecting of said products, into a transversal movement combined with a longitudinal movement upwards of the vial queue. The installation for the implementation of the method comprises a table (3) arranged at the level of and along the conveyor (1), a collector (40) carried by an appropriate structure in order to be displaced longitudinally and transversally above said conveyor (1) and said table (3).

Abstract: The invention relates to a conveying equipment that includes at least one curved corridor (1) in which runs a queue of products moved by an endless mobile belt, said corridor (1) being defined by: a first fixed wall (2) connected to the frame (4) and having a first fixed curvature radius; and a second wall (3) mobile relative to said frame (4) and having a second curvature radius that varies based on the products, said second mobile wall including: a guiding profile (12) that may comprise several members, used as a friction surface and extending from the inlet up to the outlet of said curved corridor opposite said first fixed wall (2); a structure (10) bearing said guiding profile (12), the structure (10) including several segments (11) connected to moving means, said segments (11) being in abutment and distributed between the inlet and the outlet of the curved corridor (1) and being movably housed in said guiding profile (12).

Abstract: The invention relates to a width-adjusting device for conveyor corridor(s), comprising a wide gear-reduction mechanism connected to the frame (5) of said conveyor, wherein said mechanism is arranged between the control shaft (12) and the wall(s) of said corridor. The device includes: a final drive capable of reverse operation and consisting of said control shaft (12) in the form of an endless screw and of a toothed wheel (11); and a system for controlling at least one of the walls of said corridor, consisting of an endless screw (13) and a nut, the endless screw being mobile or fixed relative to said toothed wheel (11). The shaft (12) of the final drive is a flexible shaft having a long length and engaging with the tension-retaining system (20) for absorbing the pulling and pushing forces in the rotation direction thereof.

Abstract: The method of the invention comprises immobilizing the queue on its entire length using flaps (10, 11) for creating a gap between two consecutive objects and for isolating downstream from said gap a group of objects defining the batch; inserting into the gap thus created a first cleat (39) having a longitudinal advance speed Vt lower than the running speed Va of the conveyor belt (3); releasing said immobilized queue and making the cleat in charge of it; starting a new temporary immobilization of said queue; and so on. The device for implementing the method comprises: on the one hand, means in the form of flaps (10, 11) for immobilizing the queue on the length thereof by clamping in order to define a gap between two consecutive objects in said queue, and on the other hand, a means in the form of cleats (39) that can be inserted in and take in charge the immobilized queue. Each cleat (39) is associated with a roller-shaped member (38) for maneuvering the flap (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transferring hollow cylindrical objects from a supply unit to a removal unit by providing a transport unit for transferring hollow cylindrical objects between a supply unit and a removal unit, providing at least holding element in the transport unit, positioning the hollow cylindrical object in contact with the at least one holding element at the supply unit wherein the hollow cylindrical object is held by the holding element, moving the transport unit with the hollow cylindrical object from the supply unit to the removal unit, and removing the hollow cylindrical element from the at least one holding element at the removal unit.

Abstract: The method relates to products such as bottles whose horizontal cross section of contact is oval and which are conveyed in the longitudinal direction, in single file and spaced apart, on a conveyor. The method includes introducing the bottles one by one into a neck, at the downstream end of which motorized rollers are disposed, applying the rollers to the opposite faces of each bottle to be orientated, providing the passive roller with a peripheral speed equal to the speed of conveyance of the bottles and providing the active roller with a higher peripheral speed to position the bottle diagonally on the conveyor.

Abstract: The fetching device has an arm which captures die-cut blanks located in the magazine of an erecting machine for erecting these blanks to form boxes or the like. The extractor arm is provided with suckers and these suckers are supplied by circuits and. The circuits and are connected to each end of the arm and they are also provided with dispenser-type devive and, respectively, so that they can be active together or separately. The suckers are wholly or partly provided with multifunction three-way valves. These valves are able to allow as many suckers as possible to be selected and used for the operation of extracting each die-cut blank and to isolate the circuits from each other in order to deactivate any suckers which are to be shunted in order to erect said die-cut blanks, for example.

Abstract: Installation (1) for blow molding hollow bodies, comprising at least one mold carrier (2) to which a removable mold (3) can be connected via fluid connection means (4), at least one pressurized temperature-controlled fluid circuit (5) passing through the carrier and mold, and automatic circuit (5) shutoff means provided in the carrier (2); which circuit (5) has a fluid connection to at least one chamber (8) having a variable volume that depends on an external pressure applied to said chamber (8) by means (9) for generating an auxiliary fluid at a pressure that is adjustable between the pressure of the temperature-controlled fluid and atmospheric pressure, by means of which the pressure of the pressurized temperature-controlled fluid can be reduced in said chamber (8) by decompression.

Abstract: A molding device having two half-mods that have at least one inner circuit for the circulation of a suitable fluid, such as a coolant or otherwise. The half-molds are hinged on a same shaft by the bearings thereof and the shaft, which is fixed, is provided with bores provided for receiving and returning a fluid and for interacting with rotary fluid seals connected to the half-mold to which the bores are associated. The rotary fluid seals are formed directly at the bearings of the half-mold(s).

Abstract: A machine for filling containers in which the filling rate for the products can be varied, thus enabling the filling machine to be used for different filling products, and in particular products having different viscosities. The machine comprises at least one filling station comprising a filling spout provided with a supply opening and a discharge opening, a blocking system mounted in the filling spout, and a supply pipe connected to the supply opening upstream of said blocking system. The supply pipe comprises at least one section made of a flexible tube, the supply means apparatus further comprising a clamp adapted to clamp the flexible tube in order to modify the cross-section of the internal passage of the flexible tube, the clamp adapted to move between at least two positions corresponding to different cross-sections of the internal passage of the flexible tube.

Abstract: The mould top support (3) for shaping the bottom of a thermoplastic bottle by what is called the “boxed top” process comprises: a base (10) interposed between the said mould top (3) and a sliding bolster (11) which is guided on the frame (6) of the mould carrier unit, which base (10) is made in the form of a dual-acting cylinder actuator, the rod (14) of which supports said mould top (3). The base plate (17), which closes off the cylinder of the actuator is provided with a rapid assembly finger (18) on the bolster (11). This base plate (17) includes, around the finger (18), on the one hand, holes designed to allow the sealed passage of nozzles that deliver a heat-transfer fluid and demoulding air into the mould top (3) and, on the other hand, zones for the attachment of the feed nozzles for the chambers (21 and 22) of the cylinder actuator, which nozzles are all placed parallel to the axis x-x? of displacement of said mould top (3).

Abstract: A method of fashioning a packaging for a tray capable of forming a display, and two U-shaped parts positioned inside the tray to secure a lot of products. The method includes transferring the lot from a preparation station to a prepackaging station; applying, onto two opposite side surfaces of said lot, the U-shaped parts; and fashioning the blanks on the lot and forming a prepackaging. The method also includes transferring the prepackaging to a packaging line to group the prepackaging and a cutout constituting the tray; and fashioning the packaging into the shape of a box on the packaging line. The facility for the method includes a preparation station for the lots; a prepackaging station with a store for the U-shaped parts; a packaging line with a station that is outfitted so that the prepackaging can be grouped together with the cutout constituting the tray.