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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Applicants:
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Fabrizio Tale', Bologna, IT;
Inventors:
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Fabrizio Tale', Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
G.D Societa per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A turn-around device for packets, in particular packets of cigarettes, wherein the packets are fed successively, with a first surface facing forwards, to a turn-around station, from which they are extracted, with a second surface facing forwards, by a gripper conveyor, which travels through the turn-around station perpendicularly to the second surface, and has a number of grippers, each of which defines a pocket for a relative packet, and closes gradually onto the packet to control its position as it is extracted from the turn-around station with the second surface facing forwards.