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OT-2026-000003349

Device for transferring flat articles, in particular blister packs, from a conveyor of tablets to a magazine and vice-versa

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Material Handling › Package Handling
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IMA SPA
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US-5299907-A, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 5 April 1994
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The device is used in conjunction with a step-driven conveyor featuring an upper surface where seats for receiving blister packs are placed with transverse portions of each blister packs protruding symmetrically from the relative seat. At a station where these seats stop one after the other, there is a vertical magazine, open below, centered with respect to the station and containing a stack of blister packs supported by spring-operated retaining means. Below the magazine, there are two arms one on each side of the upper surface, equipped above with suction cups, and vertically movable in a synchronous manner. Actuation of the arms, combined with action of the suction cups, enables a blister pack to be transferred from a seat present at the station to the magazine, and vice versa.

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Abstract

The device is used in conjunction with a step-driven conveyor featuring an upper surface where seats for receiving blister packs are placed with transverse portions of each blister packs protruding symmetrically from the relative seat. At a station where these seats stop one after the other, there is a vertical magazine, open below, centered with respect to the station and containing a stack of blister packs supported by spring-operated retaining means. Below the magazine, there are two arms one on each side of the upper surface, equipped above with suction cups, and vertically movable in a synchronous manner. Actuation of the arms, combined with action of the suction cups, enables a blister pack to be transferred from a seat present at the station to the magazine, and vice versa.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000003349, “Device for transferring flat articles, in particular blister packs, from a conveyor of tablets to a magazine and vice-versa,” published September 15, 2026 at 20:14:03 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003349.

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