Loading assembly for oblong, in particular metallic, elements

A loading assembly for oblong elements, in particular metal elements, such as for example bars, comprising a feeding plane, on which said elements are arranged, in operation, oriented according to a longitudinal direction, a movable selector member, a chute associated with said selector member and cooperating with a transfer seat to collect a number of elements loaded on said chute by means of said selector member, said selector member being movable with a lifting motion relative to said chute between a lowered position under said feeding plane and a raised position up to said chute, to intercept and transfer said number of said elements from said feeding surface to said chute, said loading assembly also comprising a transfer device for said elements, movable with a transfer motion between an engagement configuration, approached to said transfer seat, to engage said number of elements inserted in said transfer seat, and a transport configuration, spaced therefrom, to transfer said number of elements, and alignment means for subjecting said number of elements to respective alignment operations, said alignment means being aligned with said transfer seat and/or with an intermediate seat interposed between said feeding surface and said transfer seat.