MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517045122 A) filed by Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa Cooperativa, Imola, Italy, on May 9, for 'apparatus and method for continuous processing of caps.'
Inventor(s) include Casadio Marco; Balducci Massimo; Fiorentini Andrea; and Masre Roberto.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Described is an apparatus (1) for continuous processing of caps (2) wherein each cap (2) has a side wall (21) extending around a longitudinal axis (L) between a first end (211) and a second end (212) a transverse wall (22) joined to the first end (211) and a plurality of tabs (23) projecting 5 from the second end (212). The apparatus (1) comprises: a bending station (11) including a bending carousel (110) and a plurality of bending units (111) each configured to bend the plurality of tabs (23) of the cap towards the longitudinal axis (L); a feed unit (12) configured for moving the caps (2) along a movement path located upstream of the bending 10 station (11) and for feeding the caps (2) to the bending station (11) where each cap (2) along the movement path adopts a predetermined orientation at a first inspection position (P1); a pericentric camera (101) located along the movement path and defining an optical axis of its own aligned with the longitudinal axis (L) of the cap (2) disposed at the first 15 inspection position (P1); a control unit connected to the pericentric camera (101) to drive it synchronously with the caps (2) moving along the movement path."
The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 10, 2023, under International application No.PCT/IB2023/060153.
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