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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2007
Umberto Ramini, Bologna, IT;
Umberto Ramini, Bologna, IT;
Sacmi Packaging S.p.A., Imola, IT;
Abstract
A device for positioning an article () to be wrapped by a machine has a horizontal support body () centrally fixed on a vertical rotation shaft (). The device () is equipped with at a least one plier device () connected, to turn together with the rotation shaft, to support the body (), the plier device provided with at least two jaws (). An opening apparatus () is connected to at least one of the jaws () to hold and to release the article (). The at least one plier device () is connected to the support body () by a respective rotation device () for rotating the at least one plier device () and of the article held thereby, around an axis almost radial in respect to the support body ().