EP2749523B1 - Dispositif et procédé pour le transport des couvercles pour récipients - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour le transport des couvercles pour récipients Download PDF

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EP2749523B1
EP2749523B1 EP13199493.1A EP13199493A EP2749523B1 EP 2749523 B1 EP2749523 B1 EP 2749523B1 EP 13199493 A EP13199493 A EP 13199493A EP 2749523 B1 EP2749523 B1 EP 2749523B1
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Fabio Zardini
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/20—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by using apparatus into or on to which containers, e.g. bottles, jars, cans are brought
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/003—Pretreatment of caps, e.g. cleaning, steaming, heating or sterilizing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67B—APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS
    • B67B3/00—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps
    • B67B3/02—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying flanged caps, e.g. crown caps, and securing by deformation of flanges

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  • the present invention concerns an apparatus and corresponding method for transporting lids for containers, such as drinking bottles, feeding bottles, drinking troughs or other containers, or receptacles.
  • the apparatus is applied, although not exclusively, in machines for treating containers and lids, such as a washing, drying and sterilizing machine.
  • Machines used for washing containers for liquids such as for example, but not only, drinking bottles, feeding bottles, drinking troughs or other receptacles are known, used for the nutrition of animals such as guinea pigs or laboratory rodents or other.
  • the containers are closed with suitable lids or capsules; the lids are shaped with a lip to allow the animals to drink the liquid contained in the container and, at the end of washing, they must be supplied once again closed and refilled with another feeding liquid.
  • the machines can comprise a station for loading the closed containers, a station for removing the lids from the containers, or unlidding station, a washing station, a refilling station and a closing station to close the containers that have been washed and refilled, using said lids.
  • the containers or the lids can be transferred between the operating stations either manually or in automated mode.
  • the lids or the containers are transferred by transfer means such as conveyor belts, pick-up apparatuses, transport apparatuses or suchlike.
  • a device in accordance with the preamble of claim 1, and a method in accordance with the preamble of claim 14, to simultaneously feed closing tops of containers are known from FR-A-2.606.006 .
  • This known machine comprises a loading station for the containers to be subjected to treatment, an unlidding station in which the lids are removed from each of the containers, a washing station to subject the containers without lids to washing, and a reclosing station in which the washed containers are reclosed with the relative lids.
  • the lids are transferred by means of transfer means toward a pick-up zone, where there is a multiple pick-up device which picks them up in organized groups for subsequent reclosing operations.
  • One purpose of the present invention is to produce a transport apparatus of lids which allows a precise positioning of the lids of the organized groups of lids to be picked up and which, therefore, reduces or prevents interference during the movement operations from one operating station to another of a treatment machine for containers.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to produce a transport apparatus for lids which is simple and economical.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to perfect a transport method which is reliable, repeatable and efficient.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art arid to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • the apparatus for transporting lids for containers in accordance with claim 1 comprises a unit for supplying lids and is configured to transport the lids from the supply unit toward a subsequent operating station.
  • the apparatus also comprises a pick-up zone configured to receive lids from the supply unit and multiple pick-up device provided with a plurality of gripping heads in order to simultaneously pick up an organized group of lids and configured to be movable above the supply unit, between a position in the pick-up zone and a position at the subsequent operating station.
  • the apparatus also comprises:
  • the supply unit is configured to feed the lids in a direction of advance transverse to the direction of movement of the lids defined by the movement device.
  • Some forms of application concern a re-closing station of containers using lids that comprises the apparatus for transporting lids for containers as described above.
  • Some forms of application concern a machine for treating containers and lids that comprises the re-closing station.
  • the present invention also concerns a method for transporting lids for containers in accordance with claim 14 that comprises: supplying the lids using a unit for supplying lids in a direction of advance and transporting the lids from the unit for supplying lids toward a subsequent operating station.
  • the transport provides the simultaneous pick-up of an organized group of lids, aligned in a direction of advance defined by the supply unit, by a plurality of gripping heads in a position in a pick-up zone, and the delivery of the organized group of lids in a position at the subsequent operating station.
  • the method provides the simultaneous movement, in a direction of movement transverse to the direction of advance, of the organized group of lids or the sequential movement of each of the lids of the organized group of lids, from the pick-up zone to housing seatings of a multiple positioning device.
  • Each of the housing seatings receives inside it and houses individually a corresponding one of the lids, so that the lids are both aligned in a direction parallel to the direction of advance, and also aligned to the gripping heads.
  • the lids are moved from the pick-up zone laterally, that is, in a transverse direction of movement with respect to the direction of advance.
  • the lids are inserted into the corresponding housing seatings along an insertion path tangential to the housing seatings, parallel to a common or parallel lying plane between pick-up zone and multiple positioning device.
  • Housing seatings of a multiple positioning device are provided, which receive the lids that are moved and are aligned horizontally in a direction parallel to a direction in which the gripping heads are disposed in the position in the pick-up zone. Moreover, each of the housing seatings is aligned vertically to a corresponding gripping head in the position in the pick-up zone.
  • Some forms of application concern a method for reclosing the containers using lids that comprises the method for transporting containers as described above.
  • some forms of application concern a method for treating containers and lids that comprises the method for re-closing containers using lids as described above.
  • a transport apparatus 10 which is usable for transporting lids 13 from a unit 16 for supplying lids 13 to another operating station.
  • the supply unit 16 is configured to define a direction of advance D of the lids 13, which is typically a linear or longitudinal direction.
  • an operating station can be a re-closing station 40 ( fig. 2 ) configured to close containers 12 at the top with the lids 13, typically after both the containers 12 and the lids 13 have been washed and dried, with the provision that, generally, the containers 12 are also re-filled, for example with feeding liquid.
  • a re-closing station 40 fig. 2
  • a re-closing station 40 configured to close containers 12 at the top with the lids 13, typically after both the containers 12 and the lids 13 have been washed and dried, with the provision that, generally, the containers 12 are also re-filled, for example with feeding liquid.
  • the re-closing station 40 can be part of a machine 11 for treating, washing and re-filling containers 12 and corresponding lids 13.
  • the machine 11 generally receives the dirty containers 12 with their lids 13 on.
  • the containers 12 have their lids removed and are washed, dried and re-filled, while the lids 13, once separated from the containers 12, are also washed and dried, then to be used once again to re-close the cleaned and re-filled containers.
  • the containers 12 are contained in racks 41, inside which a plurality of suitable individual housings are provided in which the containers 12 are disposed according to a desired positioning pattern in "n" rows and "m” columns.
  • a positioning pattern of the containers 12 in a rack 41 can be three rows by six columns, abbreviated 3x6, as shown in fig.2 for example, or 3x5, or 3x4, or even 4x6, or 4x5 or other positioning patterns.
  • the containers 12 can be feeding bottles or suchlike to feed small animals, such as guinea pigs, mice, hamsters and others, for example used in pharmaceutical research laboratories.
  • the lids 13 are generally all the same shape and size.
  • the apparatus 10 can be configured to move at least one lid 13 from a pick-up zone 14, which can be fed by the supply unit 16 receiving the lids 13 in the direction of advance D, toward a delivery zone 15 at the re-closing station 40.
  • Fig. 2 is used to describe a plurality of forms of application, which can all be combined with forms of application described here, in which the apparatus 10 is configured to move a plurality of lids 13 at a time, in this case three lids 13.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises a mobile multiple pick-up device 29, which includes a plurality of gripping heads 30.
  • the multiple pick-up device 29 is configured to pick up an organized group of lids 13 each time and render it available to the delivery zone 15.
  • the gripping heads 30 can be connected to, be incorporated or integrated with, or comprise mechanical treatment devices, suction devices operating under subatmospheric pressure, sucker devices, magnetic retaining devices, or similar devices with the function of retaining and subsequently selectively releasing the lids 13 during movement.
  • the multiple pick-up device 29 is also configured to re-close the containers 12 using the lids 13.
  • the gripping heads 30 can be configured according to a pattern which repeats a part, for example a column formed by "n" housings, of the pattern of the housings of the racks 41.
  • the gripping heads 30 are configured to pick up and retain, essentially simultaneously, an organized group of lids 13 supplied by the supply unit 16.
  • the multiple pick-up device 29 comprises a positioning slider 42 mounted cantilevered and able to slide transversely, in this case perpendicularly as indicated by the arrow F, with respect to the direction of advance D defined by the supply unit 16, which typically can be linear.
  • the gripping heads 30 are installed on the positioning slider 42, facing downward so as to pick up the lids 13, in ordered groups, and to dispose them to close the containers 12.
  • the positioning slider 42 thus moves the gripping heads 30 in a transverse direction, in this case perpendicular, to a direction of working X of the racks 41 in the washer machine 11, which is also transverse to the direction of advance D.
  • the gripping heads 30 are disposed with respect to each other as a function of the positioning pattern and the distances at which the containers 12 are disposed in the rack 41 and at which the lids 13 are kept.
  • the gripping heads 30 are selectively movable in a substantially vertical direction G by a corresponding actuator 43, so that they can be lowered or raised in order to pick up, support and position the lids 13 during the closing steps of the containers 12.
  • the positioning slider 42 is mounted sliding on a bridge structure 44 by corresponding transverse linear guides 45, in this case perpendicular to the working direction X along the machine and also transverse to the direction of advance D.
  • the selective movement of the positioning slider 42 is actuated by a mechanical actuator 46, in this case a screw, for example with recirculating balls, directly connected to the positioning slider 42.
  • the supply unit 16 can be a loading station provided to feed the lids 13 in organized groups, for example formed by two, three, four or even more than four lids 13, to the pick-up zone 14.
  • the pick-up zone 14 can be disposed immediately downstream of the supply unit 16 and can comprise a support plane for example.
  • the supply unit 16 is provided with the pick-up zone 14.
  • the supply unit 16 can comprise a conveyor belt 17 for example, configured to transfer the lids 13 from a provisioning station, not shown in the drawings, toward the pick-up zone 14, in the direction of advance D. Consequently, the movement, by means of appropriate actuators, and the longitudinal development of the conveyor belt 17 can define the direction of advance D.
  • the conveyor belt 17 can be provided with lateral containing walls 38 for the lids 13.
  • the supply unit 16 can comprise transfer means such as a rotating drum, vibrating means, or other transfer means suitable to the purpose and adapted to define the direction of advance D.
  • transfer means such as a rotating drum, vibrating means, or other transfer means suitable to the purpose and adapted to define the direction of advance D.
  • a multiple positioning device 18 can be interposed, configured to receive and position the organized groups of lids 13.
  • the organized group of lids 13 to be transferred to the delivery zone 15 is disposed on each occasion in a precise manner, to be able to be picked up and transported by the multiple pick-up device 29.
  • the multiple positioning device 18 ( figs. 3 and 4 ) is provided with a plurality of housing or positioning seatings 19, in each of which a lid 13 can be positioned in a controlled manner.
  • the housing seatings 19 are all the same shape, mating with that of the lids 13, so as to accommodate them precisely inside.
  • housing seatings 19 allow a precise and repetitive positioning of the organized groups of lids 13 and therefore prevent interference which could be generated between the gripping heads 30 and the lids 13.
  • Each of the housing seatings 19 can have a plan size slightly bigger, for example at least 1%, optionally at least 2% or even at least 5%, to a maximum of 10%, optionally to a maximum of 7%, than the plan size of each of the lids 13.
  • the housing seatings 19 are made in accordance with the positioning pattern of the gripping heads 30 as described above. In this way, when the multiple pick-up device 29 is positioned above the multiple positioning device 18, the housing seatings 19 are aligned axially, that is, aligned vertically as can be seen in fig. 1 , with the gripping heads 30. Consequently, the groups of lids 13 that are positioned on each occasion in the housing seatings 19 are also aligned vertically with the gripping heads 30. Moreover, as explained in detail hereafter, the lids 13 positioned with precision in the housing seatings 19 are also aligned, typically horizontally, in a direction P parallel to the direction of advance D.
  • the multiple positioning device 18 comprises a support platform 20, for example prismatic in shape.
  • the housing seatings 19 can be provided in the support platform 20, according to the pre-defined pattern.
  • the housing seatings 19 are made lowered, that is, they are made as hollows or cavities, open at the upper part and partly laterally, in the thickness of the support platform 20.
  • the housing seatings 19 made in the support platform 20 have shape and sizes mating with the plan shape and sizes of the lids 13.
  • Each of the housing seatings 19 has a lateral aperture 23 ( fig. 4 ) for the insertion of a lid 13.
  • Each aperture 23 is made laterally so that the insertion travel of the lid 13 from the pick-up zone 14 occurs tangentially, parallel to a common or parallel lying plane between pick-up zone 14 and multiple positioning device 18.
  • Each aperture 23 has an amplitude configured to allow the passage through it of one of the lids 13, essentially without interference.
  • Each of the housing seatings 19 is also open at the upper part, so that the lid 13 positioned in it can be extracted in the direction of extraction G ( figs. 1, 2 and 6 ) transverse, for example perpendicular, to the common or parallel lying plane between pick-up zone 14 and multiple positioning device 18. As we said, this extraction can be carried out by means of the gripping heads 30 described above that are vertically mobile.
  • the housing seatings 19 are delimited at the lower part by a bottom wall 22 ( fig. 4 ) and laterally by a lateral abutment wall 21 which has the aperture 23 through which it is possible to insert a lid 13.
  • the lids 13 abut in a stable and precise manner against the abutment wall 21 of each housing seating 19 during use.
  • the bottom wall 22 of each of the housing seatings 19 is suitable to support the lids 13.
  • the bottom wall 22 can be disposed, during use, substantially coplanar to the pick-up zone 14 or, in other forms of embodiment, a little lower than it, for example a few millimeters lower.
  • the support platform 20 has an external perimeter edge 24 which is shaped to define the apertures 23 of the housing seatings 19.
  • the support platform 20 is disposed, during use, with the apertures 23 facing toward the supply device 16, for example toward the conveyor belt 17.
  • each of the housing seatings 19 has a portion shaped as a lead-in 39, which can for example delimit each aperture 23 laterally, and which can facilitate the separation of the lids 13 and the insertion of the latter into the housing seatings 19.
  • the multiple positioning device 18 can be disposed laterally adjacent to the conveyor belt 17, or parallel to the direction of transport of the lids 13 in the direction of advance D. In this way, the housing seatings 19 are disposed in the direction P parallel to the direction of advance D of the lids 13.
  • the apparatus 10 can comprise a movement device 25, for example using linear translation, suitable to move the lids 13 made available near the pick-up zone 14 toward the multiple positioning device 18 and in a movement direction S.
  • the movement device 25 can be configured to simultaneously engage all the lids 13 of an organized group of lids 13 which is supplied, for example at the pick-up zone 14, and to move them simultaneously toward the multiple positioning device 18, causing the insertion of each of the lids 13 into the respective housing seatings 19.
  • the movement device 25 can be disposed in correspondence to the pick-up zone 14 and on the opposite side with respect to that where there is the multiple positioning device 18.
  • the movement device 25 is provided to translate the lids 13 from the pick-up zone 14 toward the housing seatings 19.
  • lids 13 During the movement of the lids 13 it can be provided that these translate remaining in contact at least with the pick-up zone 14 and/or the bottom wall 22 of the housing seatings 19. During this operation the lids 13 are inserted through the apertures 23 in order to be positioned stably and in abutment against the abutment wall 21 of each housing seating 19.
  • the movement device 25 comprises a thruster element 26 to thrust the lids 13 received in the pick-up zone 14 toward the multiple positioning device 18.
  • the thruster element 26 is disposed above the transfer surface of the conveyor belt 17.
  • the thruster element 26 has a length suitable to allow the transfer of the lids 13, in particular an organized group of lids 13.
  • the thruster element 26 can comprise a fork 27, or similar U-shaped element; its prongs 27a, 27b are disposed laterally and substantially parallel to the longitudinal development of the conveyor belt 17 to define a concavity 27c facing toward the lids 13 arriving from the supply unit 16.
  • the concavity 27c of the fork 27 has sizes such as to allow the lids 13 that are to be moved to the multiple positioning device 18 to be inserted and contained inside it, in particular an organized group of lids 13 each time.
  • the thruster element 26 can comprise a bar disposed parallel to the conveyor belt 17, a buffer or similar component which has the function of thrusting the lids 13.
  • the movement device 25 can also include an actuator 28 provided to move the thruster element 26, and determine the movement of the lids 13.
  • the activation of the actuator 28 determines the movement of the thruster element 26 from the pick-up zone 14, in which it is in its inactive condition, toward the multiple positioning device 18 in which it delivers the lids 13.
  • the actuator 28 can be chosen from a group comprising at least one of either a linear actuator, a pneumatic actuator, an electric actuator, a hydraulic actuator, crank-rod mechanisms, or similar means suitable to determine a translation of the thruster element 26.
  • the apparatus 10 according to the present invention can also comprise an optical acquisition unit 31 provided to control the movements to which the lids 13 are subjected.
  • the optical acquisition unit 31 comprises at least one first detection device 32.
  • the first detection device 32 is disposed between the supply unit 16 and the pick-up zone 14, and is suitable to control the movement of the lids 13 toward the pick-up zone 14.
  • the first detection device 32 can have the function of counting the number of lids 13 which are transferred on each occasion to the pick-up zone 14.
  • the optical acquisition unit 31 can also comprise at least one second detection device 36, in this case two second detection devices 36, configured to detect the presence and possibly the correct positioning or alignment of the lids 13 in the housing seatings 19 of the multiple positioning device 18.
  • Forms of embodiment of application can provide that the first 32 and the second detection device or devices 36 are chosen from a group comprising at least one of either a video camera, a light emitter, a laser emitter, an encoder or a photo-diode.
  • the supply unit 16 before the pick-up zone 14, the supply unit 16 is provided with a blocking device 33 with the function of selectively blocking the advance of more lids 13 toward the pick-up zone 14.
  • the blocking device 33 allows the passage of a determinate number of lids 13, possibly counted by the first detection device 32, toward the pick-up zone 14.
  • the number of lids 13 that are allowed to pass can correspond to the number of housing seatings 19 provided in the multiple positioning device 18.
  • the blocking device 33 comprises a pin 34 able to be selectively actuated by an actuator 35 which disposes it transverse to the direction of advance D of the lids 13.
  • two blocking devices 33 are provided, disposed on opposite sides with respect to the conveyor belt 17.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises a delimiting element 37 with the function of delimiting the pick-up zone 14 and therefore the containing space for the lids 13.
  • the delimiting element 37 is conformed as a plate and is disposed transverse to the direction of advance D of the lids 13. In this way, the lids 13, advancing from the supply unit 16 toward the pick-up zone 14, are blocked as soon as they come up against the delimiting element 37.
  • the delimiting element 37 is disposed in a suitable position to allow the subsequent insertion of the lids 13 into the housing seatings 19.
  • the delimiting element 37 is positioned in correspondence to the last aperture 23 present on the multiple positioning device 18, evaluated with respect to the direction of advance of the lids 13.
  • the lids 13 are made to move forward by means of the conveyor belt 17, in a direction of advance D, and toward the pick-up zone 14 which is contained in the conveyor belt 17 or possibly separated from it.
  • the first detection device 32 counts the number of lids 13 passing in the pick-up zone 14.
  • the blocking device 33 is activated to block the progress of more lids 13, once the predetermined number of lids 13 has been reached,
  • Both the blocking device 33 and the delimiting element 37 avoid a direct control on the drive, that is, the activation/de-activation, of the conveyor belt 17, which during the pick-up operations can be made to advance continuously.
  • the lids 13 are then moved by the movement device 25 from the pick-up zone 14 toward the multiple positioning device 18. During the transfer, the lids 13 are inserted into the housing seatings 19 where the pick-up device 29 provides to pick them up to make them available to the delivery zone 15, typically for the purpose of re-closing or re-lidding the containers 12 once these have been washed, dried and re-filled.

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  1. Appareil pour le transport de couvercles (13) pour récipients (12) comprenant une unité (16) d'alimentation pour fournir des couvercles (13), ledit appareil étant configuré pour transporter lesdits couvercles (13) de l'unité d'alimentation (16) vers un poste de travail ultérieur (40), ledit appareil comprenant une zone de prélèvement (14) configurée pour recevoir des couvercles (13) en provenance de l'unité d'alimentation (16) et un dispositif de prélèvement multiple (29) pourvu d'une pluralité de têtes de préhension (30) pour prélever simultanément un groupe organisé de couvercles (13) et configuré pour être mobile au-dessus de l'unité d'alimentation (16) entre une position dans la zone de prélèvement (14) et une position au niveau dudit poste de travail ultérieur (40), ledit appareil comportant :
    - un dispositif de positionnement multiple (18) pourvu d'une pluralité de sièges de logement (19), chacun desdits sièges de logement (19) étant configuré de manière à être aligné verticalement avec l'une correspondante des têtes de préhension (30) dans la position dans la zone de prélèvement (14),
    - un dispositif de déplacement (25) configuré pour déplacer ledit groupe organisé de couvercles (13) dans une direction de déplacement (S), à partir de ladite zone de prélèvement (14) vers le dispositif de positionnement multiple (18) et les insérer dans lesdits sièges de boîtier (19),
    ladite unité d'alimentation (16) étant configurée pour alimenter lesdits couvercles (13) dans une direction d'avance (D) transversale à ladite direction de déplacement (S) desdits couvercles (13) définie par ledit dispositif de déplacement (25) ; caractérisé en ce que chacun desdits sièges de logement (19) est configuré pour recevoir à l'intérieur et héberger individuellement l'un correspondant desdits couvercles (13) dudit groupe organisé de couvercles (13), chacun desdits sièges de boîtier (19) étant ouvert au niveau de la partie supérieure et étant muni d'une ouverture latérale (23) pour l'insertion d'un couvercle (13), configuré de telle sorte qu'un trajet d'insertion d'un couvercle correspondant (13) depuis la zone de prélèvement (14) jusqu'à un siège de logement correspondant (19) est tangentiel, parallèle à un plan de positionnement commun ou parallèle entre la zone de prélèvement (14) et le dispositif de positionnement multiple (18),
    dans lequel ledit dispositif de prélèvement multiple (29) comprend un coulisseau de positionnement (42) monté en porte-à-faux et pouvant coulisser de manière transversale par rapport à ladite direction d'avance (D) définie par l'unité d'alimentation (16) et configuré pour déplacer les têtes de préhension (30) dans une direction transversale à ladite direction d'avance (D).
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de positionnement multiple (18) comprend une plate-forme de support (20) dans laquelle lesdits sièges de logement (19) sont prévus.
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que ladite plate-forme de support (20) présente un bord périphérique externe (24) qui est formé pour définir des ouvertures (23) des sièges de logement (19).
  4. Appareil selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que ladite plate-forme de support (20) est disposée, pendant l'utilisation, avec les ouvertures (23) tournées vers le dispositif d'alimentation (16).
  5. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les sièges de logement (19) sont délimités au niveau de leur parti inférieure par une paroi inférieure (22) qui fonctionne comme un support pour le couvercle (13) et latéralement par une paroi latérale de butée (21) qui fonctionne comme une butée pour le couvercle (13) et qui a une ouverture correspondante (23) à travers laquelle un couvercle (13) est inséré.
  6. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que chacun des sièges de logement (19) comporte une partie ayant la forme d'une entrée (39), configurée de façon à délimiter chaque ouverture (23) latéralement, et à faciliter la séparation des couvercles (13) et l'insertion des couvercles (13) dans les sièges de logement (19).
  7. Appareil selon une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ladite zone de prélèvement (14) et ledit dispositif de positionnement multiple (18) ont un plan de positionnement commun.
  8. Appareil selon une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de positionnement multiple (18) est adjacent à ladite zone de prélèvement (14).
  9. Appareil selon une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ladite unité d'alimentation (16) desdits couvercles (13) comporte ladite zone de prélèvement (14).
  10. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de déplacement (25) comprend un élément pousseur (26) pour pousser au moins l'un desdits couvercles (13) depuis la zone de prélèvement (14) vers le dispositif de positionnement multiple (18) et en ce que ledit élément pousseur (26) comprend une fourche (27) avec une concavité (27c) tournée vers le couvercle (13) en provenance de ladite unité d'alimentation (16) et est configuré pour recevoir ledit groupe organisé de couvercles (13).
  11. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, avant la zone de prélèvement (14), ladite unité d'alimentation (16) est pourvue d'un dispositif de blocage (33) pour bloquer l'avance desdits couvercles (13).
  12. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que lesdites têtes de préhension (30) sont installées sur le coulisseau de positionnement (42), vers le bas, afin de collecter les couvercles (13) et les disposer pour fermer les récipients (12).
  13. Appareil selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que coulisseau de positionnement (42) est monté par coulissement sur une structure de pont (44) au moyen de guides linéaires (45) correspondant transversalement à la direction d'avance (D) en ce que un actionneur mécanique (46) est prévu directement raccordé au coulissement de positionnement (42) et configuré pour le mouvement sélectif du coulisseau de positionnement (42), et en ce que un actionneur (43) est prévu configuré pour déplacer sélectivement lesdites têtes de préhension, en les abaissant et en les soulevant, dans une direction sensiblement verticale (G), de manière à prélever, supporter et positionner les couvercles (13) pendant les étapes de fermeture des récipients (12).
  14. Procédé pour le transport de couvercles (13) pour récipients (12), comprenant :
    - d'alimenter lesdits couvercles au moyen d'une unité d'alimentation (16) pour fournir des couvercles (13) dans une direction d'avance (D),
    - de transporter lesdits couvercles (13) de l'unité (16) pour fournir des couvercles (13) vers un poste de travail ultérieur (40), permettant au moins de prélever simultanément un groupe organisé de couvercles (13) aligné dans une direction d'avance (D) définie par l'unité d'alimentation (16), en utilisant une pluralité de têtes de préhension (30) dans une position dans une zone de prélèvement (14), et pour délivrer lesdits couvercles (13) à une position au niveau dudit poste de travail ultérieur (40),
    permettant :
    - de déplacer les couvercles (13) dans une direction de déplacement (S) transversale par rapport à la direction d'avance (D) à partir de ladite zone de prélèvement (14) vers les sièges de logement (19) d'un dispositif de positionnement multiple (18), caractérisé en ce que chacun des sièges de logement (19) recevant à l'intérieur et hébergeant individuellement l'un correspondant desdits couvercles (13), de sorte que lesdits couvercles (13) sont tous les deux alignés dans une direction (P) parallèle à la direction d'avance (D), et également alignés avec les têtes de préhension (30), lesdits sièges de logement (19) étant alignés avec les têtes de préhension (30) dans la position dans la zone de prélèvement (14), dans lequel lesdits couvercles (13) sont insérés dans les sièges de logement correspondant (19) dans un trajet d'insertion tangentiel auxdits sièges de logement (19), parallèles à un plan de positionnement commun ou parallèle entre la zone de préhension (14) et le dispositif de positionnement multiple (18) ;
    dans lequel les têtes de préhension (30) sont déplacées entre la position dans la zone de préhension (14) et la position au niveau de ladite station de travail ultérieur (40) dans une direction transversale à ladite direction d'avance (D) par un dispositif de prélèvement multiple (29) comportant une coulisseau de positionnement (42) monté en porte-à-faux et coulissant de manière transversale par rapport à ladite direction d'avance (D).
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