Method and unit for wrapping sweets
AssigneeAzionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A.
InventorsSandro Salicini, Stefano Cavallari
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Abstract
A method and unit for wrapping sweets, whereby a sweet, housed in a relative first peripheral seat of a distribution plate rotating about a first axis, is extracted from the relative first seat in an extraction direction parallel to the first axis, and is then fed to a relative second seat of a wrapping wheel, rotating about a second axis crosswise to the first axis, in a feed direction substantially crosswise to the extraction direction and through a feed line parallel to the first axis and for supplying sheets of wrapping material.
Claims18
A method of wrapping sweets (2), the method comprising the steps of loading sweets (2) in bulk onto a distribution plate (3) having a number of first peripheral seats (8), each for receiving a respective sweet (2);
- rotating said distribution plate (3) about a first axis (6) to feed said sweets (2) into the relative said first seats (8), and to feed the sweets (2) successively through an extracting station (10);
- successively extracting said sweets (2) from the relative said first seats (8) at said extracting station (10) and in an extraction direction (13) substantially parallel to said first axis (6);
- and successively feeding said sweets (2) through a feed line (34), for supplying respective sheets (35) of wrapping material, and into respective second seats (32) on a wrapping wheel (27) rotating about a second axis (28) crosswise to said first axis (6);
- and being characterized in that said sweets (2) are fed through said feed line (34) and into the relative said second seats (32) in a feed direction (37) substantially perpendicular to said extraction direction (13).
A unit for wrapping sweets (2), the unit comprising a distribution plate (3) mounted to rotate about a first axis (6), the distribution plate (3) receiving sweets (2) in bulk and having a number of first peripheral seats (8), each for receiving a respective sweet (2) and for feeding the sweet (2) through an extracting station (10);
- a wrapping wheel (27) rotating about a second axis (28) crosswise to said first axis (6), and having a number of second seats (32) for receiving respective said sweets (2);
- a feed line (34) for supplying sheets (35) of wrapping material in which to wrap said sweets (2), said feed line (34) being interposed between said distribution plate (3) and said wrapping wheel (27);
- and extracting means (12) located at said extracting station (10) and movable with respect to said distribution plate (3) to extract said sweets (2) successively from the relative said first seats (8) in an extraction direction (13) substantially parallel to said first axis (6);
- the unit (1) being characterized by also comprising feed means (36) for receiving said sweets (2) successively from said extracting means (12), and for feeding the sweets (2) successively through said feed line (34) and into respective said second seats (32) in a feed direction (37) substantially perpendicular to said extraction direction (13).
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