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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Fabrizio Tale', Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1984711 ; 198411 ; 198374 ;
Abstract
A unit for conveying elongated products, each having a respective longitudinal axis, and wherein a conveyor successively conveys the products with the respective longitudinal axes parallel to a given traveling direction and along a path extending along a conveying plane; and an orienting assembly is located along the path to orient the products by rotating the products 90.degree. about an axis of rotation crosswise to the conveying plane, so that the respective longitudinal axes of the products are crosswise to the traveling direction.