Patents Assigned to Sidel
  • Transfer of objects
    Patent number: 10850931
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for transferring objects from an accumulation surface to a downstream conveyor, including a first mobile strip, a second mobile strip arranged beyond the first mobile strip from the accumulation surface, a fixed surface arranged between the two mobile strips, and a element for transferring objects from the accumulation surface to the first and second mobile strips, and to the fixed surface. Also disclosed is a transfer method using such transfer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL ENGINEERING & CONVEYING SOLUTIONS
    Inventor: Anthony Gehin
  • Dehydration circuit for an electromagnetic processing unit of hollow bodies
    Patent number: 10836095
    Abstract: Disclosed is a processing unit for an electromagnetic processing of plastic parisons and including a series of processing modules, each including a hollow housing, a light emitting assembly and a dehydration circuit for preventing each hollow housing from moisture via a dehydrated fluid. The dehydration circuit extends outside the main body, where the circuit can be in fluid communication with a source of pressurized fluid, on which are disposed a fluid dehydration unit and fluid circulation unit for forcing the dehydrated fluid to feed the respective hollow housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Guy Feuilloley, Yoann Lahogue
  • Maintenance method for an installation for forming containers, including a resynchronizing procedure
    Patent number: 10807297
    Abstract: Disclosed is a maintenance method for an installation for production of containers from blanks made of plastic material, which includes: a blow-molding machine including a rotating carousel and a plurality of forming stations, each including a mold; a primary power unit connected to the carousel; a transfer device suitable for inserting a blank into a mold or for withdrawing a container therefrom; and a secondary power unit connected to the transfer device. The method includes the detection of a misalignment of the transfer device with the carousel, and, therefore, operations for desynchronization of the power units, for realigning and then for resynchronization of the transfer device and of the carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Franck Santais, Fabian Petit
  • Apparatus for producing plastic bottles
    Patent number: 10773446
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing plastic bottles comprising: a blow moulding machine including a blow moulding carousel being configured to transform a succession of plastic preforms into respective bottles; a filling machine including: a filling carousel, and a plurality of handling units; a labeling unit configured to feed a succession of labels to be attached to the respective bottles; and a conveying system configured to transfer the bottles within the apparatus. The labeling unit is arranged peripherally to the filling carousel and is configured to feed the labels to the handling units carrying the respective bottles while the handling units are advanced by the filling carousel. The conveying system includes a plurality of consecutive transport star wheels transferring the bottles in a continuous stream from the blow moulding carousel to the filling carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Tim Bast, Roberto Zoni
  • Tool and method for gripping a pallet
    Patent number: 10766718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool that is to be mounted on a handling device and grips pallet bases, the tool including a frame and a gripper for the bases that is mounted on the frame. The gripper is movable in the frame in such a way as to cooperate with a single edge of a pallet. The present invention relates to a corresponding transfer apparatus and a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL END OF LINE SOLUTIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Laurent Ferre, Didier Maudet
  • Controlled feed for batch packaging
    Patent number: 10766650
    Abstract: A packaging device for packaging products in batches, during which the products travel along a conveying direction in order to be packaged and related method. The batches include at least two products, arranged transversely to the conveying direction. The device includes a feeder for receiving products travelling in single file through an upstream pick-up area and conveying same to a set-down area for later packaging. The feeder includes: in the pick-up area, a transfer unit for transferring products arriving in single file to the unit; and at least one position-controlled movable collector for receiving and then moving at least one product in a controlled manner from the transfer unit to the set-down area. The device also includes a conveyor in the set-down area, on which the collector deposits the product collected from the pick-up area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PACKING SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Gregory Choplin, Jean-Francois Grouas, Philippe Derouault
  • Method for controlling a process for the blow-molding of plastic containers
    Patent number: 10751927
    Abstract: Method for controlling a method for the manufacture of a container by stretch-blow-molding of a plastic preform (2) in a machine (1) including a mold (26), the preform (2) having a body (3), a neck (4) opening at one end of the body (3) and a bottom (5) closing the body (3) at another end thereof, the manufacturing method including the operations involving:—heating the preform to a predetermined temperature in a thermal conditioning oven (10);—introducing the preform (2) into the mold (26);—moving a stretching pin (28) so as to stretch the preform (2); this control method involving a step that consists in determining the position of impact (P0r) of the stretch pin (28), namely the position it occupies at the moment at which it reaches the bottom (5) of the preform (2) during its movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Mikael Derrien
  • Molding unit equipped with a movable boxing insert ventilated by a fluid circuit tapped from the boxing fluid circuit
    Patent number: 10723059
    Abstract: A Molding unit for the forming of a container includes: a mold provided with a side wall defining a cavity bearing the impression of a portion of the container; an insert having a frontal surface bearing the impression of a local portion of the container, movable between a retracted position and a deployed position, with this insert being penetrated by ducts; a pierced piston to which the insert is attached and which ensures the mobility of the latter between its retracted position and its deployed position; and at least one pierced screw by which the insert is attached to the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Régis Bechen, Camille Guiton
  • Container comprising an arched base having stiffening bosses distributed in interlaced annular bands
    Patent number: 10717560
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container made of plastic material including a body extending along a longitudinal axis between an opening and a base, the base having: a seat forming a setting plane for the container; a concave arch, rotational around the longitudinal axis and extending from the vicinity of the seat to an amorphous central zone; and stiffening bosses that protrude from the concave arch and that extend radially to the interior of the arch. The stiffening bosses are angularly spaced from one another by alternating first bosses and second bosses that are distributed along: a first annular band in which the first bosses extend; and a third annular band in which the second bosses extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Michel Boukobza
  • Bundle-wrapping feedstock
    Patent number: 10669113
    Abstract: Disclosed is a feedstock device (1) to deliver film (2) to a bundle-wrapping machine and including, on the one hand, at least one reel (3) to receive a roll (4) of the film (2) to be delivered, and, on the other hand, a joining unit (5) to attach the next film (2) to the film (2) that is currently being fed. This device includes a support (6) on which the at least one reel (3) is mounted, with the support (6) being mobile in relation to the joining unit (5) to bring the delivered film (2) to the latter. The invention also has as its object a machine and a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PACKING SOLUTIONS
    Inventor: Gregory Choplin
  • Container provided with a curved invertible diaphragm
    Patent number: 10661937
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container made of a plastic material, provided with a base including a standing ring forming a support flange and a diaphragm extending from the standing ring to a central portion, the diaphragm being capable of standing in an outwardly-inclined position. The diaphragm connects to the standing ring at an outer junction forming an outer articulation of the diaphragm. The diaphragm connects to the central portion at an inner junction forming an inner articulation of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is invertible with respect to the standing ring from the outwardly-inclined position to an inwardly-inclined position. In the outwardly-inclined position, the diaphragm has an outer curved portion and an inner curved portion of opposite curvatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Florian Godet
  • Method for forming a packaging from a container, comprising a thermal monitoring phase
    Patent number: 10661922
    Abstract: Method for forming a packaging (2) from a container (1) that has a body (5), a neck (8), and a bottom (6), the container (1) having a deformable zone (15) with an extended configuration in which the zone (15) projects toward the outside of the container (1), with a retracted configuration in which the zone (15) projects toward the inside of the container (1), with this method including the following operations: filling the container (1) with a hot product; closing in an airtight manner the thus filled container (1); measuring the temperature of the stoppered container (1); comparing the measured temperature to a preset threshold value; if the measured temperature is less than or equal to the threshold value, moving the deformable zone (15) back toward its retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Mikael Derrien
  • Labelling group and method for applying a plurality of labels onto respective articles
    Patent number: 10661936
    Abstract: There is disclosed a labelling group for advancing a series of labels to be applied onto relative articles. In one implementation, the labelling group may include a first drum adapted to convey a strip of labels along a first path and towards a transfer station; a cutting mechanism adapted to cut a sequence of single labels from the strip; a second drum fed by first drum with cut single labels at the transfer station and adapted to convey simultaneously a required number of cut single labels along a second path. The first drum may move at a first tangential speed at the transfer station, and the second drum may move at a second tangential speed at the transfer station, where the first tangential speed is different from the second tangential speed and is adjusted on the basis of required number of cut labels to be simultaneously conveyed on second drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: James Carmichael, Mattia Giuliani
  • System and method for filling a container with a pourable product
    Patent number: 10633237
    Abstract: A filling system for filling a container with a pourable product, in particular a pourable product having an electrical conductivity below 15 ?S, comprising: a tank filled, in use, with a pourable product; at least one filling valve selectively available in a configuration in which it allows the filling of the container with the pourable product; and at least one duct interposed between the tank and the filling valve; the system comprises a vortex flowmeter interposed along the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL S.P.A. CON SOCIO UNICO
    Inventor: Enrico Cocchi
  • Application of a linear motor to a container blow-molding device
    Patent number: 10632665
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dual carriage linear motor equipped with a controller inside a blow-molding device, a first carriage of the motor ensuring the movements of a first mobile support of a stretching rod equipping the blow-molding device along at least one first course, while a second carriage of the motor ensures the movements of a second mobile support of a nozzle equipping the blow-molding device along at least one second course, each of the first and second courses being controlled independently by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Vincent Brachet
  • Container with a reinforced base and method for manufacturing such a container
    Patent number: 10611075
    Abstract: Container having a body and a bottom that together delimit an internal primary volume of the container, this container also comprising a protruding base comprising an outer wall and an inner wall, the base comprising a skirt which protrudes from the region of the join between the body and the bottom, and a foot which lies at a lower end of the skirt and defines a setting-down plane for the container, in which container: —the walls are locally welded together in the region of the skirt; —the foot forms a hollow bulge, and the outer wall, the inner wall and the setting-down plane together define a secondary volume isolated from the primary volume by the weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Mikael Derrien
  • Method for controlling a materials handling installation with securing of means of access for maintenance
    Patent number: 10576664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling an installation for handling hollow bodies, which includes: a plurality of treatment units; a transfer system; and a covering including a frame that defines casings and door leaves each mounted on a casing; a control unit. Also included are steps of: detection by the control unit of the stopping of a treatment unit; detection by the control unit of the closed position of door leaves located in the vicinity of an interface between the detected treatment unit that is stopped and the transfer system; and if these door leaves are detected in closed position, ordering by the control unit of the locking of these door leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Christophe Maran, Laurent Danel, Sebastien Moulin, Fabian Petit
  • Molding unit for containers, equipped with a boxing device having an added sleeve
    Patent number: 10562221
    Abstract: Disclosed is a molding unit for the forming of a container provided with a hollow recess, this molding unit including: a mold provided with a lateral wall defining a cavity and provided with a pocket that comes out into the cavity; and a boxing device. The boxing device includes: an insert mounted in translation relative to the lateral wall between a retracted position in which the insert is retracted into the pocket, and a deployed position in which the insert projects into the cavity outside of the pocket; an actuator integral with the insert and provided with a piston; and an added sleeve, mounted in a complementary recess made in the lateral wall and attached to it, and in which the piston is mounted in translation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Laurent Penet
  • Mould base provided with decompression channels opening on to a peripheral upper face
    Patent number: 10556375
    Abstract: Mold base including a base wall and a peripheral side wall which is connected to the base wall by a fillet, this mould base ending with a peripheral upper edge and including ribs forming cavities for grooves for strengthening the base of a container to be formed and which each straddle the fillet, this mould base also including decompression vents hollowed out of the moulding face and which include, for each rib, at least one pair of shallow side channels which extend on either side of the rib and open, at an upper end, on to the peripheral upper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: François Leterc, Laurent Penet
  • Device for serial treatment of hollow bodies comprising a treatment rod slidingly controlled by an electric actuator and treatment method
    Patent number: 10549473
    Abstract: A device (30) for serial treatment of hollow bodies including: a transport member (32); a treatment rod (38) mounted slidably relative to the transport member (32); controlled elements for moving each treatment rod (38) between a retracted position and an extended position in which the treatment rod (38) is intended for being inserted axially into the transported hollow body; wherein the controlled elements consist of an electric actuator (42) controlled by an electronic control unit (44) for stopping the treatment rod (38) in the extended position thereof. A method for serial treatment of preforms using the treatment device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Sebastien Fevre