Infeed conveyor for a folding apparatus, folding apparatus having an infeed conveyor and packaging machine having a folding apparatus
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsAndrea VALLI, Edoardo BORTOLOTTI, Carmine MAZZUCA
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Abstract
An infeed conveyor for a folding apparatus for folding semi-finalized packs containing a pourable product, the infeed conveyor being configured to receive the semi-finalized packs and to transfer the semi-finalized packs to a folding unit of the folding apparatus. The infeed conveyor comprises one or more pushing elements, a conveying device for advancing the pushing elements along an advancement path and a carrier for the semi-finalized packs. The infeed conveyor further comprises a distance detection device for measuring a distance between the pushing elements and the respective semi-finalized packs.
Claims15
An infeed conveyor for a folding apparatus for folding semi-finalized packs containing a pourable product, the infeed conveyor being configured to receive the semi-finalized packs and to transfer the semi-finalized packs to a folding unit of the folding apparatus;
- the infeed conveyor comprises at least:
- one or more pushing elements;
- a conveying device for advancing the pushing elements along an advancement path;
- and
- a carrier for the semi-finalized packs;
- wherein each pushing element is configured to engage one respective semi-finalized pack and to guide the semi-finalized pack on the carrier along a feeding path when, in use, advancing along an operative portion of the advancement path;
- wherein the infeed conveyor further comprises a distance detection device for measuring a distance between the pushing elements and the respective semi-finalized packs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.