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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
Volpak, S.a.u., Santa Perpetua de Mogoda, ES;
Jordi Font Lletché, Caldes de Montbui, ES;
Josep Maria Fernández Bermúdez, Caldes de Montbui, ES;
Jesús Ruiz Martínez, Terrassa, ES;
VOLPAK, S.A.U., Santa Perpetua de Mogoda, ES;
Abstract
An apparatus for placing elongated products with a widened head in containers, particularly suitable for placing swabs inside containers during the production process. The apparatus has at least one preloading unit which is supplied with the number of products to be placed in the container at one time and which executes a duty cycle that causes the controlled ejection of the number of products supplied, the preloading unit being equipped with a plunger which can move between a loading position and an expelling position and which, when actuated from its loading position to its expelling position, is configured to push and follow the number of products supplied to the preloading unit through an outlet spout of the preloading unit, in a single stroke.