Product aligning device, particularly for supplying wrapping machines

A product aligning device (1) designed to receive said product (2) in bulk and to feed the same, correctly oriented and aligned, on to a manufacturing machine (3), in particular, a wrapping machine;

• said device (1) comprising a flat disc (13) turning about a first axis (15);
• first actuating means (35) for turning said disc (13) about said first axis (15) at a first given speed;
• means (51) for feeding said product (2) in bulk on to the upper surface (14) of said disc (13);
• and conveyor means (6) defining, for a neatly arranged row of said product items (2), an output route substantially tangent to the outer edge (22) of said disc (13);
• characterised by the fact that said device further comprises an inner annular body (20) turning about a second axis (17);
• and second actuating means (38) for turning said inner annular body (20) about said second axis (17) at a second given speed;
• said inner annular body (20) presenting an upper annular surface (23) located between said outer edge (22) of said disc (13) and said conveyor means (6) and defining a first annular route for a neatly arranged row of said product items (2), and a substantially cylindrical inner lateral surface (21) surrounding said outer edge (22) of said disc (13) and defining, with the upper surface (14) of the same, a second annular route for said product items (2);
• said first route being inclined in relation to both said second route and said output route, so as to define a first junction between said first and second routes, and a second junction between said first and said output routes, said first speed being such as to enable said product items (2) to be fed, by centrifugal force, from respective positions on said upper surface (14) of said disc (13) on to said second route and, one by one, through said first junction on to said first route.