Abstract: A vision assembly for horticultural products, which includes at least sequential movement components for fruit and vegetable products along a transfer line and a data acquisition system which includes a first optical vision instrument and a second optical vision instrument, which are arranged respectively in a first operating position and in a second operating position. The first position and the second position are arranged laterally and on opposite sides with respect to an intermediate portion of the line, at a vertical elevation that is higher than that of the intermediate portion. The system also includes at least one third optical vision instrument, arranged in a third operating position, arranged along the line respectively above a portion located upstream or a portion located downstream of the intermediate portion.

Abstract: Described is a device for connecting between the bellows and the frame of articulated vehicles, including a connecting element having a hooking portion which can be coupled to an end edge of a bellows, and an engagement portion which can be inserted in a compartment defined by a rigid support of the frame of the vehicle and abutting at least one first inner wall of the compartment; the device also has an elastically deformable insertion element, also positioned in the compartment between the connecting element and a second inner wall, for stably engaging the engagement portion against said first inner wall. The insertion element and the connecting element comprise reciprocal coupling means configured for making a mutual connection between the insertion element and the connecting element.

Abstract: A station for the conveyance and measurement of horticultural products, having elements for the movement and support, along a predefined trajectory, of a horticultural products, which can be arranged in series so that they rest on the movement and support elements. The conveyance and measurement station includes at least one primary dispenser of pressurized fluid, configured to direct a continuous or intermittent jet of the fluid toward the predefined trajectory, and an apparatus for measuring at least one parameter which represents the extent of the deviation imposed by the jet on each product in transit, with respect to the predefined trajectory, for the consequent indirect verification of the weight and/or of the specific gravity of the respective product, correlated with the extent of the deviation.

Abstract: A hinge device for the rotatable movement of a closing element, such as a door, a window, a shutter or the like, between a closing position and an opening position, includes a fixed element anchorable to a stationary support structure; a movable element anchorable to the closing element so that the movable element rotates around a first longitudinal axis between a first opening position and a second closing position; a plunger that is operatively coupled to the movable element by a coupling system configured so that along a first section of the sliding of a connecting shaft, the plunger does not slide, thereby allowing a free rotation of the movable element, and along a second section of the sliding of the connecting shaft, the plunger slides integrally joined with the connecting shaft, thereby controlling the rotation of the movable element.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying horticultural products, which comprises means for cyclic movement along an advancement direction of a plurality of rotating assemblies; at least some pairs of assemblies, which are consecutive, define respective conveyance units for corresponding horticultural products, which can be rested on the pairs substantially above the interspace between the assemblies. Each assembly comprises at least four rotating and circular disks; in each unit the external disks of each assembly have a larger diameter than the internal disks of the same assembly and a first internal disk, which is larger, of each assembly has a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the other internal disk, which is smaller; moreover, the larger disks and the smaller disks are arranged so as to be mutually offset in the two assemblies of the same unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of horticultural products, including in series at least a first station, configured for supplying a handling and processing line with an indiscriminate mass of horticultural products, a second station, arranged along the line and configured for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit and for the transmission of the information to an electronic control and management unit, and a third station, arranged along the line and configured for the selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two distinct collection stations. The apparatus includes an electronic vision device, arranged along a chosen point of the line that is between the first station and the second station and is configured to count the number of horticultural products in transit.

Abstract: A hinge device includes a fixed element with a plate that can be anchored to a stationary supporting structure, and a movable element with a hinge body that can be anchored to a closing element. Adjustment elements for the position of the hinge body and the plate include a pair of opposite longitudinal projections integrally joined to a pin that can be inserted into a slot defined in the plate. A pair of adjustment grub screws at the slot promotes the joined rotation of the longitudinal projections and the pin. The hinge body further includes a seat, for the mutual movement of the pin and of the hinge body, with a damping system interacting by friction with the pin to differentially dampen the rotation of the pin and the hinge body. The hinge device may be fixed to the closing element with a pair of clamping elements.

Abstract: A plant for the treatment of horticultural products, the plant including at least one line for the handling and treatment of horticultural products, provided at least with a system for the discrete conveyance of the horticultural products; a detection station, which is configured to acquire information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit; a distribution station, which is configured for the selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two separate collection stations, on the basis of commands sent by the electronic element as a function of the information acquired at least by the detection station, The line has at least one expulsion apparatus, which is arranged along the portion upstream of the detection station.

Abstract: A hinge for the rotatable movement of a door or a similar closing element anchored to a wall or a similar stationary support includes a fixed element adapted to be coupled to the wall or a similar stationary support and a movable element adapted to be coupled to the door or a similar closing element. The fixed and movable elements are coupled to mutually rotate around a first longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position.

Abstract: A hinge device for the controlled rotary opening and closing movement of a closing element anchored to a stationary support structure includes a fixed element and a movable element rotatable between a first open position and a closed position. The movable element includes an end portion, a working chamber, a shaft inserted therein, and a stem slidingly inserted into the shaft. A pin connects the end portion, the shaft, and the stem. The working chamber includes a working fluid for the hydraulic damping of the mutual movement of the fixed and movable elements and an elastic damping element causing the stem to abut thereagainst only when the stem is in an end-stop position, so that a user moving the closing element feels the resistance of the elastic damping element only upon reaching the first open position.

Abstract: A filling machine for filling containers with fruit or vegetables products includes a transportation system for step-by-step conveying the containers to be filled along a horizontal predetermined direction; a primary plain belt conveyor system for products fed parallel to the horizontal direction and adapted to generate a main bulk filling of the containers; a secondary belt conveyor system for single products fed parallel to the horizontal direction and adapted to cooperate simultaneously with the primary belt conveyor system so as to complete the entire final filling of the containers; a motion system applied to both the principal and the secondary belt conveyor systems for a reciprocating motion of the primary and secondary belt conveyor systems in a direction parallel to the horizontal direction; and at least one weighing station for constant weighing the containers during filling.

Abstract: A hinge device includes a fixed element with a plate that can be anchored to a stationary supporting structure, and a movable element with a hinge body that can be anchored to a closing element. Adjustment elements for the position of the hinge body and the plate include a pair of opposite longitudinal projections integrally joined to a pin that can be inserted into a slot defined in the plate. A pair of adjustment grub screws at the slot promotes the joined rotation of the longitudinal projections and the pin. The hinge body further includes a seat, for the mutual movement of the pin and of the hinge body, with a damping system interacting by friction with the pin to differentially dampen the rotation of the pin and the hinge body. The hinge device may be fixed to the closing element with a pair of clamping elements.

Abstract: A hinge device for the rotatable movement of a closing element, such as a door, a window, a shutter or the like, between a closing position and an opening position, includes a fixed element anchorable to a stationary support structure; a movable element anchorable to the closing element so that the movable element rotates around a first longitudinal axis between a first opening position and a second closing position; a plunger that is operatively coupled to the movable element by a coupling system configured so that along a first section of the sliding of a connecting shaft, the plunger does not slide, thereby allowing a free rotation of the movable element, and along a second section of the sliding of the connecting shaft, the plunger slides integrally joined with the connecting shaft, thereby controlling the rotation of the movable element.

Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of horticultural products, including in series at least a first station, configured for supplying a handling and processing line with an indiscriminate mass of horticultural products, a second station, arranged along the line and configured for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit and for the transmission of the information to an electronic control and management unit, and a third station, arranged along the line and configured for the selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two distinct collection stations. The apparatus includes an electronic vision device, arranged along a chosen point of the line that is between the first station and the second station and is configured to count the number of horticultural products in transit.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating horticultural products includes in series at least: a first station, which has first elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products, and at least one vision system, for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product. A second station includes second elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products and at least one device for weighing each horticultural product in transit, and a third station, which includes third elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products. The first elements, the second elements and the third elements are offset along two respective laterally adjacent trajectories for the advancement of the horticultural products.

Abstract: A hinge for the rotatable movement of a door or a similar closing element anchored to a wall or a similar stationary support includes a fixed element adapted to be coupled to the wall or a similar stationary support and a movable element adapted to be coupled to the door or a similar closing element. The fixed and movable elements are coupled to mutually rotate around a first longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position.

Abstract: A hinge device for the controlled rotary opening and closing movement of a closing element anchored to a stationary support structure includes a fixed element and a movable element rotatable between a first open position and a closed position. The movable element includes an end portion, a working chamber, a shaft inserted therein, and a stem slidingly inserted into the shaft. A pin connects the end portion, the shaft, and the stem. The working chamber includes a working fluid for the hydraulic damping of the mutual movement of the fixed and movable elements and an elastic damping element causing the stem to abut thereagainst only when the stem is in an end-stop position, so that a user moving the closing element feels the resistance of the elastic damping element only upon reaching the first open position.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating horticultural products having in series at least: a first station, which includes first elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products and at least one vision system, controlled by an electronic control and management unit, for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product. The apparatus further includes a second station, including second elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products and at least one device for weighing each horticultural product in transit, controlled by the electronic unit, and a third station, including third elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products. The second station includes an intermediate unloading assembly, which can be actuated selectively by the electronic unit for the early release of the horticultural products, handled by the second elements.

Abstract: A hinge for the rotatable movement of a door or a similar closing element anchored to a wall or to a similar stationary support includes a fixed element adapted to be coupled to the wall or similar stationary support and a movable element adapted to be coupled to the door or similar closing element. The fixed and movable elements are coupled to mutually rotate around a first longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position. The hinge further includes a hydraulic duct with a calibrated passage for s working fluid and an adjustment system acting thereon to control the movement of the door or similar closing element.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating horticultural products, such as blueberries and the like, includes in series at least one station for loading the horticultural products, at least one preliminary checking station, at least one alignment station, for their subsequent advancement aligned on at least one row, at least one viewing station, for acquiring information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product, such as the color, size, shape, sugar content, defectiveness, and the like, at least one distribution station, for sorting the products into uniform subgroups, as a function of the information acquired by the viewing station, and at least one recirculation apparatus for returning, at least to the viewing station, any horticultural products that have not been sorted by the distribution station.