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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2023
I.m.a. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.a., Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Dario Rea, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Alessandro Carapia, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Filippo Rosa, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
Giacomo Collepalumbo, Ozzano Dell'Emilia, IT;
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A., Ozzano dell'Emilia, IT;
Abstract
A packaging system to pack objects in boxes includes a supply station to supply objects of a purchase order batch, an insertion station to insert in a box a specific batch picked up from the supply station, a closing station to close the box, a storage unit configured to house a respective group of folded and flattened boxes, a forming apparatus configured to carry out both an automatic pick-up of a corresponding folded and flattened box from the storage unit, and also a subsequent automatic forming of the box starting from the picked-up folded and flattened box. The forming apparatus includes a first pick-up device and a second pick-up device respectively slidably mounted on the storage unit to slide along a respective linear path, the first pick-up device remaining in a shared transfer space when it moves the folded and flattened box.