Patent ID: 9527678
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B65B,B65G

Claim Text:
1. A unit for transferring and up-ending at least one sealed package containing a pourable food product, comprising: a rotary member which may rotate about a first axis; at least one push member which is articulated onto said rotary member and cooperates with a respective said package to feed it along a first path, which extends from an infeed station to an out-feed station; said push member comprising a push surface elongated along a first direction transversal to said first axis and adapted to contact, in use, said respective package in order to convey it along the first path; a support member comprising a first portion which extends radially outward from said first axis and a second portion which extends transversally to said first portion and to which said push member is directly connected; an orthogonal projection of said first direction on a plane orthogonal to said first axis being elongated along a second direction; and said second direction being distinct with respect to a third direction, which extends radially outwardly from said first axis, at least at said infeed station.