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Patent No.:

US 9713911 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2014

Packing unit and method for folding a blank on a packing machine

Applicant:

G.d Societa' Per Azioni, Bologna, IT;

Inventors:

Luca Cavazza, Bologna, IT;

Andrea Biondi, Bologna, IT;

Umberto Zanetti, Modena, IT;

Assignee:

G.C. SOCIETA PER AZIONI, Bologna, IT;

Attorney:

Ladas & Parry LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sameh Tawfik

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F 1/30 (2006.01); B31B 1/58 (2006.01); B31B 1/12 (2006.01); B65B 43/26 (2006.01); B65B 59/00 (2006.01); B65B 43/18 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 11/00 (2006.01); B65B 11/18 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B 1/58 (2013.01); B31B 1/12 (2013.01); B65B 5/024 (2013.01); B65B 11/004 (2013.01); B65B 11/18 (2013.01); B65B 43/185 (2013.01); B65B 43/265 (2013.01); B65B 59/005 (2013.01); B31B 2201/027 (2013.01); B31B 2201/0241 (2013.01); B31B 2201/267 (2013.01); B31B 2201/2683 (2013.01); B31B 2201/286 (2013.01); B31B 2201/289 (2013.01); B65B 43/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A packing unit and method for folding a blank on a packing machine; the packing unit having: a packing conveyor having at least one pocket for receiving the blank; and a feed device for inserting the blank into the pocket on the packing conveyor; the packing conveyor has at least a first conveyor belt defining a bottom wall, of the pocket; at least a second conveyor belt separate from, parallel to, and alongside the first conveyor belt, and defining the bottom wall of the pocket together with the first conveyor belt; a first retaining member, which projects perpendicularly from the first conveyor belt and defines a front wall of the pocket; and a second retaining member, which projects perpendicularly from the second conveyor belt and defines a rear wall of the pocket.

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