Tool for handling and grouping together products and method for adjusting said tool
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Sep 1, 2015
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Nov 14, 2013
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Jan 20, 2012
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Abstract
A tool for handling and grouping products aligned one behind another and separated by a given spacing. The tool has a row of supports, each able to carry a grasping element for grasping a product, the supports mounted to move on a rail, each support connected to an adjacent support by an attachment. The attachment includes a rod that connects two adjacent supports and a member for locking the position of at least one of the two adjacent supports on the rod. The locking member can be deactivated to adjust the distance between two supports to the distance between two products. The mechanism for grouping together includes at least one cylinder, the cylinder including a body fixed on a support and a rod.
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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C E R M E X CONSTRUCTIONS ETUDES ET RECHERCHES DE MATERIELS POUR L'EMBALLAGE D'EXPEDITION | 21910 CORCELLES-LES-CÎTEAUX |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Begin, Michel | Octeville-sur-Mer, FR | 13 | 76 |
# of filed Patents : 13 Total Citations : 76 | |||
Damien, Sébastien | Octeville-sur-Mer, FR | 1 | 4 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 4 | |||
Devaux, Eric | Octeville-sur-Mer, FR | 8 | 37 |
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 37 |
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Nov 12, 1997 | AS | ASSIGNMENT | free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC., A PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:008876/0082 Owner name: CROWN-SIMPLIMATIC, INCORPORATED, VIRGINIA Effective Date: Nov 12, 1997 |
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