US 12,168,578 B2
Collector with diverter apparatus for collecting articles
Corrado Azzali, Montecchio Emilia (IT)
Assigned to EMS GROUP S.P.A., Montecchio Emilia (IT)
Appl. No. 17/767,693
Filed by EMS GROUP S.P.A., Montecchio Emilia (IT)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/059495
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/070128, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000018494 (IT), filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0116718 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 47/51 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/5104 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collector comprising a diverter apparatus, the diverter apparatus comprising a transfer device that is adapted to divert a flow of articles from a belt conveyor to a collecting table of the collector to create a plurality of rows that are mutually parallel, or vice versa, said belt conveyor being arranged orthogonal to the collecting table, so that said articles, passing from the belt conveyor to the collecting table and/or vice versa, are diverted defining an angle of 90°, said belt conveyor and collecting table, are arranged adjacent to one another, wherein the transfer device comprises guide means configured to engage with the articles by a transfer surface that comprises, a circumferential portion, and wherein the guide means comprise outer guide means and inner guide means in which respective transfer surfaces contact on each article in two points that are substantially diametrically opposite or on opposite faces of said article, said transfer surfaces are arranged concentrically with respect to one another, the transfer surface of the outer guide means and/or the transfer surface of the inner guide means comprise a movable guide, which translates according to the forwarding direction of the article, and wherein the movable guide of the outer guide means and the movable guide of the inner guide means have different forwarding rates, wherein said difference is such that, inside the transfer device, the article moves forward without rotating about an axis of symmetry thereof.