Machine for manufacturing disposable cups

A machine for manufacturing disposable cups, said disposable cups comprising a side element, obtained starting from a blank of sheet material folded into a conical shape, sealed by a bottom element of circular shape, said machine comprising

• a forming wheel rotatable with continuous motion according to an axis of rotation and having, peripherally distributed thereon, a plurality of forming assemblies comprising respectively a mandrel of tubular shape having a profile corresponding to the cup to be made, said mandrel being held by a support member which may swing around an axis parallel to said axis of rotation of the forming wheel;
• first feeding means adapted to orderly collect and insert single bottom elements into corresponding forming assemblies of said forming wheel;
• second feeding means adapted to collect single blanks in an orderly manner from a store in which the blanks are stacked and to transfer them in sequence, in an extended configuration, to corresponding forming assemblies of said forming wheel;
• folding means adapted to carry out tubular winding of said individual blanks on said mandrel of the respective forming assemblies;
• welding means adapted to make, on said forming assemblies, individual items obtained by joining said blanks wound into tubular form with said corresponding bottom elements.