Abstract: A rotary rinsing machine has at least one rinsing unit for rinsing a respective container with a wash mixture fed to the rinsing unit by a first conduit, which is connected to a first header containing a liquid fluid, and is connected to a second conduit for feeding a gaseous fluid from a second header to the first conduit; at least one measuring device being provided to measure the pressure in the first header and/or in the second header and/or in the first conduit and/or in the second conduit.

Abstract: A labeling machine for applying tubular labels to articles; the machine comprises a conveying device movable along a given path and at least one unit to receive and retain an article to be labelled, a feeder to feed a label to the unit, a former to bend the label in a vertical tubular configuration with opposite vertical edges overlapping one another, and at least one welding device arranged on the conveying device to weld the overlapped edges of the label; the welding device comprises an electrically heatable sealing element, provided with a striplike working surface having a height at least equal to the height of the label overlapped edges to be welded, electrical power supplying means selectively connectable to the sealing element and controlled for heating the sealing element along a given portion of the mentioned path and for cooling the sealing element along a subsequent portion of the path, and actuator displacing the sealing element to and from the overlapped edges of the label along a horizontal dire

Abstract: The invention relates to a container filling machine including at least one filling spout, and a cleaning device including a stationary collecting member with a passage opening, a sealing member that can be displaced between a retracted position and a service position in which said sealing member is capable of tightly sealing the passage opening of the collecting member for carrying out cleaning operations, and displacement means capable of displacing the sealing member from the retracted position to the service position thereof through at least one downward vertical translation displacement parallely to the longitudinal axis of the filling spout, followed by a horizontal displacement, perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the filling spout, such that the sealing member is substantially centered along the longitudinal axis of the filling spout.

Abstract: An oven (10) for the thermal conditioning of preforms made of thermoplastic, is traversed upstream to downstream by an air stream (A) for cooling the preforms and includes successively an air inlet zone (16a) having at least one air inlet port (22a), a zone (16b) for heating the preforms, that includes at least one ventilation module (36) that is able to guide the air stream (A) coming from the inlet zone (16a) to the preforms, an air extraction zone (16c) having at least one air extraction duct (68), characterized in that the air inlet zone (16a) includes a plurality of ventilation modules (36) and at least one air distribution chamber (18), called a plenum (18), which is interposed between the air inlet port (22a) and each of the ventilation modules (36).

Abstract: Container (1) of thermoplastic material such as PET, having a body (2) comprising at least one facet (6) defining a deformable membrane, delimited by a ridge (7) with closed contour, and in which an oblong groove (8) is made.

Abstract: A container inverting device is capable of inverting containers that have a neck oriented in a first direction at the entrance of the device and then in a second direction at the exit of the device. The inverting device includes at least one clamp (45) for holding the neck of a container. The clamp (45) is mounted on a belt (49) by a fixing bracket (47), and in order to invert the container, the belt passes around at least one pulley (33) and moves the clamp from one side of the pulley (33) to the other.

Abstract: The invention relates to manufacturing thermoplastic material containers (2) with a petaloid bottom (4) by drawing-blowing hot preforms (16) in a blowing mold that has a petaloid mold bottom (1) including radiating ridges (13) alternating with cavities (11) that are adapted to form the valleys (7) and the feet (5), respectively, of the container bottom; during drawing, heat losses are reduced in longitudinal zones (19) of the end part (20) of the preforms, extending over the bottom (18) and over an axial portion of their body (21), distributed over the periphery of the ends of the preforms facing respective cavities (11) of the mold bottom (1).

Abstract: A regulation method for ordering a flow of two lines of products includes at least: —a first step of slowing when the spacing value between a first product pertaining to one of the lines and a second product, situated immediately upstream and pertaining to another of the lines is less than a first set value; and—a second step of slowing when the value of the spacing between a downstream product of the first line and the proximal product situated immediately upstream on the second line is lower than a second set value, the first step of slowing and second step of slowing being respectively implemented selectively so as to place in phase the spacings between the products of the first and second lines according to a sequence determined as a function of the device for transferring to cavities.

Abstract: There is described container-handling machine comprising a carousel rotatable about an axis and supporting a plurality of holding elements adapted to cooperate with respective containers; and a slip-ring comprising a first rotor rotatable integral with carousel about said axis, and a first stator exchanging, in use, at least one between power and control signals with first rotor and fixed with respect to carousel; container-handling machine further comprises an encoder housed within a cavity defined between first stator and first rotor, adapted to detect at least the angular position of carousel with respect to axis, and comprising a second rotor rotatable integrally with first rotor and a second stator connected to first stator.

Abstract: There is described a labeling machine for dispensing labels derivable from a web travelling along a feed path and applying them to articles travelling along an article path. The machine includes a web supply reel; a dispenser to unwind the web off the supply reel and for feeding the web towards an affixing station of the labeling machine, at which the labels are sequentially applied to the articles sequentially arriving thereat. The dispenser including a driver to control the advancement along the feed path of the web from which labels are derivable in accordance with the advancement along the article path of the articles to which the labels are to be applied; and a web tension control selectively actuatable to exert on the supply reel a torque directed against the unwinding sense of the web.

Abstract: The invention is generally applicable to labeling apparatus, and relates to a device (10) for rotating Container plates in a labeling apparatus; such device (10) being engaged by at least two wheels (1) with a cam (5) for guiding and rotating it, so that the plate connected therewith is also rotated; each wheel (1) consisting of at least one rigid element (2) and at least one elastic disk (3) coupled thereto, having a greater outside diameter, so that the cam (5) is first contacted by said elastic disk (3). As the load between the elastic disk (3) and the cam (5) is increased, and such disk (3) is elastically deformed, the cam (5) is contacted by the rigid element (2).

Abstract: A method of bottling liquids, in particular carbonated liquids or liquids sensitive to oxygen, on a machine comprising a conveying device movable along a given path and having at least one unit for receiving and retaining a bottle, the method comprising filling the bottle with a liquid as the unit travels along a first portion of the path; and capping the bottle with a cap as the same unit travels along a second portion of the path. Also, A bottle as obtained by the method and also comprising a further cap applied onto a neck of said bottle and provided with coupling means to engage and pull said cap along the bottle axis upon removal of said further cap from said neck so as to open the bottle.

Abstract: Device for conveying objects (1), with supporting and/or guiding means comprising two facing rails (7) situated transversely apart and parallel; at least one of said rails (7) comprises a movable rail section (12) that is adjacent to a fixed portion (13), situated upstream and/or downstream of such rail and means (17) of driving said rail section (12) are capable of moving the latter between two operating positions: a conveying position in which said rail section (12) is aligned with said fixed rail portion (13) and ensures the continuity of the rail (7) and a retracted position in which said rail section (12) is out of alignment with said fixed rail portion (13) in order to interrupt the continuity of the rail (7).

Abstract: A mold for fabricating containers made of thermoplastic material by blow-molding or stretch-blow molding a blank, which mold has a seat situated at the opening in the molding cavity for the purpose of receiving the rim of said blank, and cooling means for cooling said rim and, between said cooling means and the impression of the shoulder of the cavity of the mold, said mold has thermal insulation means for breaking a thermal bridge. The cooling circuit for cooling the rim is etched in a lid that is mounted around the opening of the cavity of the mold, and this etched portion rests in leaktight manner on a piece that acts as a thermal insulator.

Abstract: A machine for filling containers, including a plurality of filling spouts, and a cleaning device comprising a plurality of individual tubular collecting elements rigidly mounted on a collection tube, and a device for moving the collection tube between a retracted position and a service position in which the collecting elements are in contact, via the upstream ends thereof, with the filling spouts. The collection tube laterally supports the collecting elements, such that, in the retracted position, the collecting elements are arranged between the filling spouts. The moving device capable of moving the collection tube from the retracted position thereof to the service position thereof by at least one downward vertical translational movement, followed by a horizontal movement.

Abstract: The method of the invention comprises guiding the bottles (1) in an angled direction on the alignment table (13) between the inlet and the outlet thereof and simultaneously gradually accelerating the speed of said bottles (1) on a portion of said table (13) from said inlet in order to reach a speed higher that the nominal speed Vn. The method further comprises submitting the bottles (1) to at least two alternating closing-up and spacing operations in the downstream portion of the alignment table (13) before the discharge thereof in the form of a queue made by a transfer conveyor (14). The equipment for implementing the method particularly comprises: a group of bands including at least two pairs of bands (15.1, 15.2, and 15.3, 15.4 . . . ) operated within each pair at different speeds in order to carry out in an alternating manner from one pair to the other closing-up and spacing operations of the bottles (1) running on said bands (15as).

Abstract: The invention relates to a molding device for producing vessels by blowing or stretch-blowing from preforms of a heated thermoplastic material, the device including at least one mold that has at least two half-molds and a driving mechanism for moving the half-molds between an open position and a closed position. The two half-molds are hinged together for rotation about a hinge axis included in the junction plane and perpendicular to the axis of the molding cavity, the hinge axis being located under the half-molds, while a mechanism for locking the half-molds in their closed position are also provided. Each half-mold includes an outer surface area capable of abutment with an inner surface area of the mechanism for locking the half-molds in their closed position. The locking mechanism is in the form of a clamp capable of clamping the two half-molds in their closed position.