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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2012
Richard Pedretti, Casinalbo di Formigine, IT;
Paolo Fontanazzi, Modena, IT;
Fabrizio Rimondi, Castel San Pietro Terme, IT;
Richard Pedretti, Casinalbo di Formigine, IT;
Paolo Fontanazzi, Modena, IT;
Fabrizio Rimondi, Castel San Pietro Terme, IT;
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
There is described a feeding unit for feeding sealed packs of pourable food products to a folding unit configured to form folded packages from relative the packs; the feeding unit comprising a feeding conveyor adapted to receive packs at an inlet station of the feeding unit and to drive them to an outlet station of the feeding unit; the feeding conveyor comprising at least one push member movable cyclically and having a cooperating surface adapted to cooperate, in use, with a relative pack to push it towards the outlet station along a substantially rectilinear portion of an advancement path, wherein the cooperating surface has an involute-shaped profile. Furthermore, there is provided a corresponding method for feeding sealed packs of pourable food products to a folding unit.