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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2021
Futura S.p.a., Capannori, IT;
Fabio Perini, Viareggio, IT;
Andrea Catalini, Porcari, IT;
FUTURA S.P.A., Capannori, IT;
Abstract
System for handling cardboard reels to feed machines that produce cardboard tubes, comprising a station (F) for picking up the reels configured to receive a stack () of overlapping cardboard reels (), a station (U) for unwinding of the reels, and handling means (D) for moving the reels () along a predetermined path. The means (D) for moving the reels comprise pneumatic means intended to pressurize a space (S) inside the stack of reels, in which said space includes the interface between an uppermost reel of the stack and the underlying reel, and gripping means configured and controlled to perform grip and release of the highest reel in the stack respectively.