APPARATUS FOR UNSCRAMBLING RANDOMLY ARRANGED CONTAINERS COMPRISING EXTRACTION MEANS INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER

摘要

Apparatus for unscrambling articles, in particular containers (100) fed randomly to an inlet of said apparatus, comprising: a transport system (20) for transporting the articles fed to the inlet; devices (31;32) for picking and releasing the articles (100), configured to pick up the articles arranged randomly on the transport system (20) and release them to an extraction system (50) with a predefined orientation and/or position; a detection system (60) designed to detect the position and the arrangement of the articles (100) in transit on the transport system and to provide the information for controlling the pick and release devices (30); a unit (500) for processing and controlling the components and the drives of the apparatus; wherein the extraction system comprises: a plane (40; 140) for supporting the containers being extracted (100); means (50; 150) for extracting the articles (100), designed to pick up the articles released by the pick and release devices (31,32) and transport them on the plane (40) towards the outlet (“O”) of the apparatus; said extraction means comprise a plurality of grippers (50;150), each comprising a pair of jaws (51; 151), each gripper (50; 150) being displaceable along a fixed guide (55) independently of one or more of the other grippers (50; 150); and wherein said guide (55) is arranged inclined with respect to the plane of the transport system (20) and/or the support plane (40; 140) of the extraction system, so as to prevent relative interference between said grippers (50; 150) and the transport plane and/or the support plane (10; 140) of the extraction system.