Packaging line
AssigneeSps Italiana Pack Systems S.P.A.
InventorsAlberto Sacco, Massimo Rossi
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Abstract
A packaging line for products, in particular food products, includes a conveyor belt having a longitudinal feed axis and carrying the products arranged in a plurality of rows orthogonal to the longitudinal feed axis, at least one packaging machine for the products, and at least one transfer device for transferring the products from the conveyor belt to the at least one packaging machine along a direction transverse to the longitudinal feed axis. The at least one transfer device has a linear motor having a closed-loop stator and a plurality of conveyor units independently movable along the closed-loop stator, each configured to receive at least one of the products.
Claims11
A packaging line for products, in particular food products, comprising:
- a conveyor belt having a longitudinal feed axis and carrying said products arranged in a plurality of rows orthogonal to said longitudinal feed axis,
- at least one packaging machine for said products, and
- at least one transfer device for transferring the products from the conveyor belt to said at least one packaging machine along a transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal feed axis, wherein the at least one transfer device comprises a linear motor including a closed-loop stator, and a plurality of conveyor units independently movable along the closed-loop stator and configured to receive at least one respective product,
- wherein said conveyor belt comprises at least one inclinable portion located immediately upstream of an intersection with said at least one transfer device and provided with means allowing forward inclination of the at least one inclinable portion, wherein said at least one inclinable portion comprises an end pivoted about a transverse axis and an opposite end which, in a non-inclined configuration, is above the at least one transfer device and, in a forwardly inclined configuration, is adjacent to the at least one transfer device, and wherein said means allowing forward inclination of the at least one inclinable portion include an actuator member attached to a frame supporting the conveyor belt and having a sliding stem, a distal end of the sliding stem being articulated to an arm extending from the end pivoted about the transverse axis.
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