APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND PLACEMENT OF ITEMS ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE

• Main Authors: EDWARDS, ROBERT, ELENT, MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 27.05.2010
• Subjects: CONVEYING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

An apparatus and a method are described for manufacturing and/or packaging of multiple items simultaneously, in particular the handling and placement for packaging of the items on an assembly line. In particular, the apparatus and method are for use in changing the center spacing of the simultaneously manufactured items between two locations on the assembly line. L'invention porte sur un appareil et sur un procédé de fabrication et/ou d'emballage simultané d'articles multiples, en particulier sur un procédé de manipulation et de mise en place pour emballage des articles sur une chaîne de montage. En particulier, l'appareil et le procédé servent à modifier l'espacement du centre des articles fabriqués simultanément entre deux emplacements sur la chaîne d'assemblage.