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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a., Pully, CH;
Franco Santi, Modena, IT;
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
There is described a unit for transferring and up-ending at least one sealed package containing a pourable food products, comprising: a rotary member which may rotate about a first axis; and at least one push member which is articulated onto rotary member and cooperates with a respective package to feed it along a first path, which extends from an infeed station to an out-feed station; push member comprising a push surface elongated along a first direction transversal to first axis and adapted to contact, in use, respective package in order to convey it along a first path; the orthogonal projection of first direction on a plane orthogonal to first axis being elongated along a second direction; direction is distinct with respect to a third direction, which is radial relative to first axis, at least at input station.