Device for automatically removing wrongly oriented elements from a supply line of caps, plugs or generally concave elements

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EP 0 782 888 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/10

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/28

(21)	Application number: 96830002.0

(22)	Date of filing: 05.01.1996

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B07C 5/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB

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Priority:

05.01.1995 IT RM950010

(71)	Applicant: Lenzi, Mauro
	I-56100 Pisa (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Lenzi, Mauro I-56100 Pisa (IT)

(74)	Representative: Massari, Marcello
	Studio M. Massari S.r.l. 23, Via Fontanella Borghese 00186 Roma 00186 Roma (IT)

(54)	Device for automatically removing wrongly oriented elements from a supply line of caps, plugs or generally concave elements

(57) In a capping unit for containers comprising a cap hopper, at least one capper and a line for supplying the caps from the hopper to the capper, a device for automatically ejecting all wrongly oriented caps from the supply line comprising a mechanical sensor for stopping the train of caps along the line, an optical member for detecting the wrongly oriented caps, a mechanical ejector controlled by the optical member that ejects the wrongly oriented cap through an opening formed in the line and closed by a spring-operated lid.

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