US 2017/0001806 A1 · FEEDING UNIT FOR FEEDING SEALED PACKS OF POURABLE FOOD PRODUCTS

Abstract

There is described a feeding unit for feeding at least one sealed pack of pourable food products to a folding unit configured to form folded packages from relative pack; feeding unit comprising: a feeding conveyor; at least one push member movable cyclically along path and comprising, in turn, a wall adapted to contact pack; and a support for supporting push member on feeding conveyor; path comprising an inlet station at which push member receives, in use, pack, and an outlet station, at which push member discharges, in use, pack; path comprises a first curved stretch which defines outlet station; push member is connected to support in such a way that the movement of support along first portion causes the movement of wall towards feeding conveyor.

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Dependent claims

A feeding unit for feeding at least one sealed pack of pourable food products to a folding unit configured to form folded packages from said pack;

said feeding unit comprising:
a feeding conveyor;
at least one push member carried by said feeding conveyor, movable cyclically along a said path, and comprising, in turn, a wall adapted to contact said pack;
and
support means for supporting said push member on said feeding conveyor;
said path comprising an inlet station at which said push member receives, in use, said pack, and an outlet station, at which said push member discharges, in use, said pack;
said path comprising a curved first stretch, which defines said outlet station;
wherein said push member is connected to said support means in such a way that the movement of said support means along said first portion causes the movement of said wall towards said feeding conveyor.

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A feeding unit for feeding at least one sealed pack of pourable food product to a folding unit configured to form folded packages from the pack, the feeding unit comprising:

a belt that moves along a path, the path including a rectilinear stretch and a curved stretch;
a push member;
a base connected to the belt so that the base moves together with the belt along the path, and a body movable with the base and extending from the base in a direction away from the belt;
a pin projecting away from the body;
the push member including a non-circular slot, the pin being positioned in the non-circular slot so that the pin is rotatable relative to the push member and is movable relative to the push member along the non-circular slot;
the push member being movable together with the belt along the path, the push member including a wall configured to contact the sealed pack of pourable food product and move the sealed pack of pourable food product along the rectilinear stretch of the path;
and
the wall of the push member moving towards the belt as the base moves along the curved stretch of the path.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Feeding unit for feeding sealed packs of pourable food products

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Feeding unit for feeding sealed packs of pourable food products

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Abstract

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