Patent ID: 11910840
Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A manufacturing machine (8) for the production of disposable cartridges (1) for electronic cigarettes; each disposable cartridge (1) comprises a tubular casing (2) and a sealing ring (7) fitted around an upper end of the tubular casing (2); the manufacturing machine (8) comprising:
a manufacturing drum (13), which is mounted in a rotatable stepwise manner around a vertical rotation axis (14) and supports at least one group (15) of first seats (16), each of which is adapted to house a corresponding tubular casing (2); and
a feeding unit (21), which couples corresponding sealing rings (7) to the tubular casings (2) carried by the first seats (16) that are standing still at the feeding unit (21);
wherein the feeding unit (21) comprises a plurality of second seats (89), each adapted to house a corresponding sealing ring (7);
wherein the feeding unit (21) comprises a plurality of first pushers (100) arranged in a feeding station (S5), each of which is adapted to lift a corresponding tubular casing (2), which is in a first seat (16) to move the tubular casing (2) towards a sealing ring (7) carried by a second seat (89);
wherein each second seat (89) comprises a support element (130), which engages a sealing ring (7) only and exclusively from the inside; and
wherein each first pusher (100) is adapted to lift a corresponding tubular casing (2) until the tubular casing (2) is coupled to a sealing ring (7) while the sealing ring (7) is internally engaged by a support element (130) of a second seat (89).