(19)
(11) EP 2 181 926 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.06.2010 Bulletin 2010/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.05.2010 Bulletin 2010/18

(21) Application number: 09172791.7

(22) Date of filing: 12.10.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65B 39/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 31.10.2008 IT MO20080279

(71) Applicant: Bortolin Kemo S.P.A.
33080 Porcia (Pordenone) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Sain, Marino
    33080 Roveredo in Piano (PN) (IT)

(74) Representative: Colò, Chiara 
Bugnion S.p.A. Via Vellani Marchi, 20
41124 Modena
41124 Modena (IT)

   


(54) A centring device and a bottle-packing machine


(57) The centring device for bottle-packing, comprising: a cellular structure (2) which defines a plurality of openings (21, 22, 23) predisposed for enabling passage of bottles (51, 52); regulating means (3), predisposed to determine a change in size and/or conformation of the openings (21, 22, 23) during passage of the bottles (51, 52), such that each opening (21, 22, 23) enables progressive passage of consecutive sections of a bottle (51, 52).







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