DISCHARGE MECHANISM FOR SECTIONAL MACHINE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: bottle discharge equipment for bottle blowing machine. SUBSTANCE: discharge mechanism is adapted for gripping neck portion of one or more bottles with their bottoms randomly arranged within predetermined range in vertical plane at blowing station and transferring gripped bottles for further placing bottles on feeding table having steady-state position in vertical plane. Discharge mechanism is further equipped with discharge gripping head for detachable gripping of neck portion of one or more bottles at blowing station, device for moving discharge gripping head to predetermined position in vertical plane at blowing station. Bottle bottom may be spaced from bottle neck portion by any distance in vertical plane within predetermined range. Unit for moving discharge gripping head from vertical position at blowing station to laying place has device for determining offset in Z coordinate and device for determining displacement curve with offset in Z coordinate for moving discharge gripping head from predetermined vertical position at blowing station to laying place. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and enhanced reliability in operation. 3 cl, 50 dwg