EP2165934B1 - Station de regroupement de produits - Google Patents

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EP2165934B1
EP2165934B1 EP20090170928 EP09170928A EP2165934B1 EP 2165934 B1 EP2165934 B1 EP 2165934B1 EP 20090170928 EP20090170928 EP 20090170928 EP 09170928 A EP09170928 A EP 09170928A EP 2165934 B1 EP2165934 B1 EP 2165934B1
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Renzo Cavini
Dario Cusumano
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65B63/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/12—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands or rollers
    • B65H29/14—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands or rollers and introducing into a pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/50—Piling apparatus of which the discharge point moves in accordance with the height to the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H29/60—Article switches or diverters diverting the stream into alternative paths
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/04—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
    • B65H31/06—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled on edge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
    • B65H2301/33—Modifying, selecting, changing orientation
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    • B65H2301/3321—Turning, overturning kinetic therefor
    • B65H2301/33212—Turning, overturning kinetic therefor about an axis parallel to the direction of displacement of material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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  • the present invention relates to a product grouping station, particularly suitable for packaging and packing lines, in order to prepare the product in a configuration that is suitable for insertion within appropriate packages.
  • Production and packaging lines generally comprise a first stage for the production of the products, a station for grouping and sorting such products, and the actual final packaging machine.
  • stations which consist of an input line that is adapted to convey products on a rack.
  • the products are transferred from the rack to a unit for compaction in groups of preset size (depending on the dimensions set by the final package).
  • the compaction unit must operate at a speed that is lower than a maximum limit at which products may accidentally escape from the group, with consequent degeneration of the cycle.
  • This upper limit for the compaction speed is one of the factors that constrain the entire station to work within low speed ranges.
  • Stations of this type are generally designed specifically to work with products that have certain characteristics (dimensions, softness) and in order to provide predefined packages.
  • the structural configuration of a known type of grouping station entails that the product feed line (whose axis is substantially aligned with the axis of the output of the stage for production of such products) is offset with respect to the output line of the sorted and compacted product groups.
  • the axial offset causes poor utilization of installation spaces: part of the industrial building cannot be used, because it is occupied by the station in at least one of its portions.
  • US 6 170 635 A discloses an object handling device comprising, at an input end, an input conveyor consisting of a pair of belts extending with their respective branches vertically orientated and placed side by side in such a way as to jointly define a gripping and dragging range for the incoming articles moving forward one behind the other arranged edgewise and upright to a grouping unit.
  • grouping unit comprises a transfer chain conveyor consisting of a flexible body arranged in a ring about rollers, and provided on its outside with projecting baffles defining receptacles intended to receive the articles arriving from the input conveyor.
  • a pusher rake device acts on a group of articles contained in the beds of the tract of an active branch of the conveyor, to expel from the transfer conveyor a pile of articles to an output conveyor.
  • the input conveyor is mounted to perform a transversing motion to follow the forward motion of the active branch of the belt.
  • the output conveyor consists of two belts with active branches arranged to converge towards one another to subject the pile of articles to a compacting action as they move toward the output end.
  • the aim of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, by proposing a product grouping station in which format changing (and count changing) is simple and straightforward and does not require complex and expensive auxiliary components.
  • an object of the invention is to propose a product grouping station that is scarcely subject to wear and malfunctions caused by the moving masses.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a product grouping station that does not have a negative effect on the bulk of the entire production and packaging line to which it belongs.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a product grouping station in which a malfunction of the packaging machine arranged downstream of said station does not cause scattering/loss of the groups of products that have already been sorted and compacted.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a product grouping station in which implementation of performance is relatively simple.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a product grouping station in which the compaction speed of the group of products does not have limits caused by the possible breakup of said group.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a product grouping station that can be obtained easily starting from commonly commercially available elements and materials.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a product grouping station that can be embodied at low cost.
  • the reference numeral 1 generally designates a product grouping station.
  • the grouping station 1 comprises a member 2 for picking up and conveying products, a unit 3 for forming groups of products and a compaction apparatus 4.
  • the station 1 comprises at least one movable carriage 5, which is arranged downstream of the pickup and conveyance member 2, for insertion of the products to be grouped in at least one fixed compartment 6.
  • Each fixed compartment is functionally associated with a pusher 7, which is designed to transfer the groups of products into the compaction apparatus 4.
  • the compaction apparatus 4 comprises at least one side wall 8, which can perform a translational motion from a maximum distance, with respect to a face 9 that lies opposite thereto, to a minimum distance, in order to reduce the overall bulk of the group.
  • the mutual approach of the two faces entails the compression of the products that constitute the group, with consequent expulsion of the air stored inside them: once the approach has been completed, the overall bulk of the group is considerably smaller than at the beginning.
  • the pickup member 2 receives the products from a store or from the machine that produces them; said products are conveyed to the movable carriage 5, which is instantaneously aligned with the point that is suitable for insertion of the product in the respective compartment 6.
  • the pusher 7 performs a translational motion, parallel to itself, from its inactive configuration arranged upstream of the compartment to a stroke limit configuration, in which it is aligned with an end edge 10 of the compartment 6.
  • the products are located on the compaction apparatus 4: the approach of the opposite faces 8 and 9 produces the compaction of the group.
  • the group of products can be expelled, by suitable expulsion means, or picked up by specific elements associated with the input stage of the packaging machine arranged downstream of the grouping station 1 according to the invention.
  • the pickup member 2 (according to a possible non-limiting embodiment related to the adoption of possible kinematically equivalent variations) consists of a pair of belts 11, which are wound around respective pulleys 12 and are adapted to define a gap within which the product enters for conveyance toward the carriage 5.
  • the geometry of the belts 11 allows tipping for the transfer of the product to the carriage 5 in a vertical configuration (a configuration that is suitable for forming the group and for the subsequent compaction thereof).
  • the carriage 5 is mounted on respective guides 13 that allow its movement along a preset direction.
  • Motion of the carriage 5 is ensured by a respective motor: the motor can be associated with the carriage 5 by mechanisms such as belts and pulleys, chains and pinions, or gears and worm gears.
  • a linear actuator be it electrical, of the induction type (for example a linear induction motor), pneumatic or hydraulic (pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders), is not excluded.
  • the compartment 6 is preferably fixed and comprises a plurality of partitions designed to divide it: said partitions (and their function) will be described hereinafter exhaustively.
  • filling of the compartment 6 is achieved by arranging a predefined number of products (in Figure 9 reference letters a) b) c) d) e) f)) that corresponds to the number of products needed to form a group.
  • the carriage performs a translational motion by a distance that is equal to the space corresponding to "n" products: the insertion of "n" products in the compartment 6 on the part of the carriage 5 requires the same time that is needed to transfer the products a) b) c) d) e) f) from the compartment 6 previously filled to the compaction apparatus 4.
  • the carriage 5 moves with an alternating motion (loads the products a) b) c) d) e) f), moving from the left to the right, and the products a') b') c') d') e') f) from the right to the left), and that therefore, by skipping "n" steps between the delivery of the product f) and the delivery of the product a'), while the station 1 transfers the products a) b) c) d) e) f) onto the apparatus 4, the carriage 5 arranges the products a') b') and c') on the compartment 6.
  • This operating process optimizes the performance of the station 1 (the process is explained in Figure 9 ).
  • the motion of the face 8 (or of both faces 8 and 9, if they are both movable) is also achieved by means of suitable movement elements: in this case as well, the adoption of belts (or chains) and pulleys (or pinions) moved by a respective motor (electric, pneumatic or hydraulic) has been considered particularly suitable, but the possibility of using linear actuators or other equivalent apparatuses is not excluded.
  • the pickup and conveyance member 2 shall comprise a controlled redirection unit 14 for sorting the products on at least two respective lines 15 and 16 for product transfer.
  • the redirection unit 14 can be actuated electrically or by means of suitable hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders: in any case, it is controlled by a suitable control and management unit designed to count the products.
  • the control unit sorts the products from one line 15 to the other line 16 after the supply of all the products needed to form a group to the line 15 has been completed; this operation is repeated continuously during the cyclic operation of the station 1.
  • the controlled redirection unit 14 has a plurality of outputs, at least two of which are associated lines 15 and 16 that lead to a respective carriage 5 and at least one of which is associated with a line (not shown in the accompanying figures) that leads to a container for collecting defective products.
  • the control and management unit comprises sensors, arranged along the initial portion of the member 2, designed to verify the characteristics of the product: a product that does not conform or is defective is sent by the redirection unit 14 to the line that leads to the waste container.
  • each fixed compartment 6 comprises a plurality of equidistant partitions 17.
  • each compartment 6 comprises two side walls 18 and 19, at least one of which is movable.
  • Each product delivered by the respective movable carriage 5 into the corresponding compartment 6 is, in this case, accommodated in the interspace formed between the two walls 18 and 19, optionally with the interposition of the other products previously delivered by the carriage 5 to the compartment 6.
  • the movable carriages 5 may be at least two, each associated with a respective compartment 6.
  • the second carriage 5 is not active.
  • the condition is reached in which the second carriage is substantially aligned with the position for insertion of the first product in the corresponding second compartment 6: in practice, the pusher 7 can empty the first compartment 6 while the second carriage 5 fills the second compartment 6. In this manner, the cycle for sorting, forming the group and compacting it is continuous and very efficient.
  • the adoption of independent motor drives enables a considerable increase in the overall speed of the station 1 and the possibility to adopt simple and inexpensive solutions to cool each motor. While one carriage 5 is motionless, it is in fact possible to strike the corresponding motor with a cooling jet: in the case of movable motors, instead, the cooling jet dispensing nozzle would have to follow the corresponding motor step by step, leading to high production costs.
  • the compaction apparatus 4 comprises at least one lateral face 8 that can perform a translational motion from a maximum distance with respect to the other face 9 that faces it to a minimum distance.
  • the translating face 8 and the corresponding other face 9 are, according to at least one configuration for receiving the group of products from the compartment 6, arranged so as to face each other and be proximate to the corresponding compartment 6.
  • each compaction apparatus 4 comprises two movable faces 8 and 9, and the mutual approach of the faces 8 and 9 causes the compaction of the group of products; the translational motion of both faces 8 and 9 produces the movement of the group of products from the pickup region, which faces and is proximate to the corresponding compartment 6, to a dispensing region (which faces and is proximate to the input of the packaging machine arranged downstream of the station 1).
  • the pusher 7 comprises a bar which constitutes the actual pusher 7 and which is actuated slidingly along slots 20 provided on the side walls 18 and 19 of the compartment 6 from a raised configuration for not interfering with the stroke of the products from the carriage 5 to the compartment 6 to a configuration of alignment with the end edge of the compartment 6: in this second configuration, the bar faces and is proximate to the compaction apparatus 4.
  • a station 1 it is possible to adopt a compartment 6 which comprises a lamina that forms a containment and covering roof 21: the roof 21 ensures maximum correctness in the arrangement of the products within the compartment for forming the group.
  • the compaction apparatus 4 can also comprise a plate that forms a containment and covering roof: in this case, it should be noted that the products constituting the group are kept in position by the lateral faces 8 and 9 and by the plate (roof) during compaction. Containment of the products during compaction makes it possible to adopt extremely high compaction speeds, since breakup of the group (caused for example by the streams of air expelled from the products) is prevented indeed by the box-like shape of the compaction apparatus 4.
  • the station 1 allows the speed of extraction of the group to be independent of the speed of transfer of the product from the carriage 5 to the compartment 6. Only the number of cycles affects the extraction speed: the execution of many cycles per unit time in fact entails the provision of groups consisting of a small number of products and therefore a high speed; the execution of a small number of cycles per unit time entails providing groups consisting of many products and therefore a low speed.
  • the station 1 with respect to grouping units of a known type, ensures that the input axis of the product is analogous to the axis of the packaging machine arranged downstream of the station. This makes it possible first of all to provide a single version of the station 1 (there are no right-handed or left-handed versions depending on the direction of the axial offset, as in traditional stations) and secondly facilitates better utilization of the installation space within the industrial building.
  • the station 1 can be associated with any known type of packaging machine without requiring particular modifications.
  • each individual compaction apparatus 4 (aligned with a corresponding compartment 6 supplied by a respective carriage 5) supplies autonomously the compacted groups to a suitable packaging machine: in this manner it would also be possible to provide groups having different dimensions (or consisting of different numbers of products) on separate compartments 6, each group leading, by means of the corresponding apparatus 4, to a specific packaging machine.
  • This embodiment has never been adopted in known types of stations.
  • this solution makes it possible to provide the compacted groups to packaging machines with inputs at heights that are different from the height of the working level of the station 1 or to provide the compacted groups to multiple packaging machines whose inputs are stacked.
  • the operating buffer i. e. the maximum quantity of products that can be stored without blockage even if the output groups are not picked up by the packaging machine
  • the operating buffer is composed of a few groups. This is because the normal cycle provides for one area being filled and one area being emptied toward the packaging machine, but if a delay on the clearance of the packaging machine occurred, the following conditions would arise: first compaction apparatus 4 full and ready for emptying; second compaction apparatus 4 freshly filled; first compartment 6 being filled, and, in an extreme case, the second compartment 6 being filled as well.
  • the station 1 therefore can increase the operating performance (both in input and in terms of packages in output) by increasing the number of components (and processes): the geometric/structural characteristics of the simpler version shown in Figure 6 and of the complex (and fast) versions of Figures 1 , 2 , 3 and 7 are in fact similar. If needed, implementation can take place during installation simply by adding the components needed to reach the required performance.
  • the versatility of the station 1 is reflected also in the particular ease of format change and count change (modification of the number of products per group): these variations can be provided simply by acting on the control software of the station in order to modify the entered parameters; practically all the components are in fact movable and partly motorized, and their position therefore can be set rapidly and easily by the operator.
  • each apparatus comprises three walls, a central one of which is fixed and two lateral ones of which produce, by moving mutually closer, compaction of the product.
  • the products are first dispensed in an area of the compartment 6 that faces the interspace formed between the first wall and the fixed wall and then in another area of the compartment 6 that faces the interspace formed between the second wall and the fixed wall.
  • Compaction of the groups of products occurs by moving the outer walls toward the fixed central wall. Transfer of the compacted groups to the packaging machine occurs sequentially: first the group compacted between the first wall and the central wall and then the other one.
  • each type of station 1 it is possible to associate with each type of station 1 according to the invention suitable bodies 100 which are aligned with the corresponding carriage 5 and are designed to receive the product, brake it and facilitate correct deposition and positioning thereof with respect to the others already deposited in the compartment 6, and maintain the position of each product (and also of the freshly formed group) with an operation that is equivalent to the operation of a wall 18.
  • suitable bodies 100 which are aligned with the corresponding carriage 5 and are designed to receive the product, brake it and facilitate correct deposition and positioning thereof with respect to the others already deposited in the compartment 6, and maintain the position of each product (and also of the freshly formed group) with an operation that is equivalent to the operation of a wall 18.
  • the presence of these bodies 100 makes the entire grouping and compaction process more stable.
  • the body 100 consists of a wheel provided with perimetric pockets designed to accommodate the products temporarily; the use of helical members or other components having a suitable profile (cams and the like) is not excluded.
  • the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to requirements and to the state of the art.

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  1. Station de regroupement de produits de type comprenant un élément de prélèvement et de transport (2), une unité (3) pour former des groupes de produits et un appareil de tassement (4), au moins un chariot mobile (5) exécutant un mouvement alternant et disposé en aval dudit élément de prélèvement et de transport (2) pour insérer les produits à regrouper dans au moins un compartiment (6), une pousseuse (7) pour transférer les groupes de produits dans l'appareil de tassement (4), caractérisée en ce que ledit appareil de tassement (4) comprend au moins une face latérale (8) qui peut exécuter un mouvement translationnel depuis une distance maximale par rapport à la face (9) se trouvant à son opposé à une distance minimale, afin de réduire le volume hors tout du groupe, ledit compartiment (6) étant fixe et ledit chariot mobile (5) se déplaçant dans une direction pour charger ledit compartiment (6) d'un premier groupe de produits (a-f) et dans la direction opposée pour charger ledit compartiment (6) d'un second groupe de produits (a'-f').
  2. Station suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdits chariots mobiles (5) sont au moins au nombre de deux, ledit élément de prélèvement et de transport (2) comprenant une unité de redirection (14) actionnée pour trier les produits sur au moins deux lignes de transfert de produits respectifs (15, 16).
  3. Station suivant la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que ladite unité de redirection (14) contrôlée présente une pluralité de sorties, dont deux au moins sont des lignes associées (15, 16) menant à un chariot respectif (5) et dont une au moins est associée à une ligne menant à un récipient de collecte de produits défectueux.
  4. Station suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que chaque compartiment (6) comprend une pluralité de cloisons équidistantes (17) pour le logement d'un produit respectif de manière stable et trié dans l'espace intermédiaire formé entre deux cloisons (17) contiguës.
  5. Station suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que chaque compartiment (6) comprend deux parois latérales (18, 19), dont une au moins est mobile, chaque produit délivré dans ledit compartiment (6) par le chariot mobile (5) respectif étant logé dans l'espace intermédiaire formé entre les deux parois (18, 19), optionnellement avec interposition des autres produits délivrés préalablement par le chariot mobile (5) au compartiment (6).
  6. Station suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdits chariots mobiles (5) sont au moins au nombre de deux, chacun étant associé à un compartiment (6) respectif.
  7. Station suivant la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que lesdits au moins deux chariots mobiles (5) sont actionnés au moyen d'un moteur unique pour exécuter un mouvement synchrone avec un entraxe constant des au moins deux chariots (5).
  8. Station suivant la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que chacun desdits au moins deux chariots mobiles (5) est actionné au moyen d'un moteur respectif pour le mouvement indépendant des au moins deux chariots (5).
  9. Station suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que pour chaque compartiment (6), ledit appareil de tassement (4) comprend au moins une face latérale (8) qui peut exécuter un mouvement translationnel depuis une distance maximale par rapport à l'autre face (9) se trouvant à son opposé, à une distance minimale, suivant au moins une configuration de réception du groupe de produits, ladite face (8) pouvant exécuter le mouvement de translation et l'autre face correspondante (9) étant disposées de manière à se trouver vis-à-vis et à proximité d'un compartiment (6) correspondant.
  10. Station suivant la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que pour chaque compartiment (6), chacun desdits appareils de tassement (4) comprend deux faces mobiles (8, 9), l'approche l'une de l'autre desdites faces (8, 9) produisant le tassement du groupe de produits, le mouvement de translation des deux faces (8, 9) produisant le déplacement dudit groupe de produits depuis la zone de prélèvement se trouvant vis-à-vis et à proximité d'un compartiment (6) correspondant, à une zone de délivrance.
  11. Station suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que ladite pousseuse (7) comprend une barre qui est actionnée de façon à pouvoir coulisser le long de fentes (20) pratiquées dans les parois latérales (18, 19) dudit compartiment (6), depuis une configuration surélevée pour éviter l'interférence avec la course des produits du chariot (5) au compartiment (6), à une configuration alignée avec l'arête terminale du compartiment (6), la barre se trouvant vis-à-vis et à proximité dudit appareil de tassement (4).
  12. Sation suivant une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ledit compartiment (6) comprend une lame qui forme une enceinte et une couverture (21).
  13. Station suivant une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que ledit appareil de tassement (4) comprend une plaque qui forme une enceinte et une couverture.
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