Title:
BLANK FEEDING UNIT FOR A PACKER MACHINE AND PROVIDED WITH A SERIES OF INTERCHANGEABLE HOPPERS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/009141
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A feeding unit (13) to feed blanks (1) in a packer machine and having: a frame (14); a hopper (15), which is supported by the frame (14), is designed to hold a stack of blanks (1) and has a pick-up opening (16), through which one blank (1) at a time can be retrieved from the stack of blanks (1); and a conveyor (17), which is supported by the frame (14) and moves the blanks (1) along a moving path (P), which ends in the hopper (15). In order to contain blanks (1) with different formats, the feeding unit (13) can be adjusted by means of a format change operation, which entails changing the feeding unit (13) from a first configuration, which is suited to contain a first format of the blanks (1), to a second configuration, which is suited to contain a second format of the blanks (1), which is different from the first format. A plurality of different and interchangeable hoppers (15) are provided, each associated with a corresponding format of the blanks (1); furthermore, each hopper (15) is fixed to the frame (14) in a removable manner in order to be replaced during a format change operation so that the format change operation entails replacing a first hopper (15) associated with the first format with a second hopper (15) associated with the second format.
Inventors:
CARBONI SALVATORE (IT)
VITALI ANTONIO (IT)
VITALI ANTONIO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2021/056135
Publication Date:
May 05, 2022
Filing Date:
July 08, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GD SPA (IT)
International Classes:
B65H1/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MACCAGNAN, Matteo et al. (IT)
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