PERFEZIONAMENTO ALLE MACCHINE DI ORIENTAMENTO E APPLICAZIONE DELLE CAPSULE DI SIGILLO A BOTTIGLIE DI VINO SPUMANTE E SIMILI

• Main Author: ROBINO PIER GIORGIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: Italian
• Published: 13.10.2000
• Subjects: APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILARCONTAINERS; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES; LIQUID HANDLING; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS; OPENING, CLOSING; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A machine for orientating and applying sealing capsules to bottles of sparkling wine and the like comprising means (11-12) for moving the bottles and a plurality of processing heads (19-20) adapted to perform in succession the operations for orientating and applying the capsules by forming and smoothing folds; at least one optical reader cooperates with the orientating head (19) and stops a corresponding rotatable bottle orientation pan (12) when an angular reference marking, provided on the capsule (C) fitted over the bottle, is aligned with the optical reader. The optical reader is constituted by an artificial-vision means (30), adapted to acquire and recognize an image (i) drawn on the capsule and acting as an angular reference marking.