Method and apparatus for automatically boxing products on stick

An apparatus for automatically boxing products on a stick comprising:

• a closed transport line comprising, in turn, a forward guide and a return guide which are in communication with each other;
• a plurality of units, associated with said transport line, movable along the forward guide and the return guide in a feed direction, each carrier comprising a retaining system for retaining a product on a stick;
• an unloading unit, operatively connected to the transport line, comprising at least one collection unit configured for picking up, at an unloading zone of the forward guide, a predetermined number of the product on the stick from the units and boxing said predetermined number of the product on the stick;
• wherein each unit of said plurality of units is movable independently from the other units along the transport line;
• a control and return unit, positioned upstream relative to the unloading unit relative to the feed direction along the forward guide, operatively connected to the transport line, configured for controlling a presence of the product on the stick in the units moving along the forward guide, to selectively interrupt the movement of the units in the feed direction at the forward guide and to move said units from the forward guide to the return guide.