Apparatus for loading pipes onto processing machines

An apparatus for loading pipes onto processing machines comprising a support base (2), a handler arm (8) associated with said base and provided at the end with grip members (8a) for holding a pipe (4) fast, and drive means (11) for said handler arm, wherein said handler arm (8) comprises a first segment (9) in engagement with said support base in a rotatable manner about a first hinging axis (9a) and a second segment (10) disposed in succession to the first segment and in engagement with said first segment in a rotatable manner about a second hinging axis (10a), said first and second segment (9, 10) have first and second longitudinally extending axes, said first hinging axis (9a) being disposed at a starting end of said first segment and being oriented perpendicularly to said first longitudinally extending axis and said second hinging axis (10a) being substantially coincident with said first longitudinally extending axis, and wherein said drive means comprises kinematic connecting means (12) between the first and the second segment for determining a fixed and pre-established ratio between the rotation angles of said segments about the respective hinging axes.