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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2005
Applicant:
Guiseppe Monti, Pianoro, IT;
Inventor:
Guiseppe Monti, Pianoro, IT;
Assignee:
Marchesini Group S.p.A., Pianoro, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an apparatus for feeding articles to a blister band, a box-like container, situated close to said band, is fed by a delivering device with a quantity of articles such as to allow accumulation of the articles on the surface of the band. A brush strikes and pushes the articles in a direction opposite to a forwarding direction of the band. A sensor, downstream of the brush, detects the thickness of the layer of articles on the band and interacts with the brush to maintain substantially constant the thickness of the layer of articles.