Patent ID: 6684611
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A plant for packaging and bagging rolls of paper, comprising:a packaging machine including: a feed assembly for feeding rolls of paper; a feed assembly for feeding films of packaging material; and an assembly for the formation of packs, in which a portion of film of plastic material is wrapped around one or more rolls and is closed by folding and welding of the film, the pack-formation assembly having an output section from which the packaged rolls exit sequentially according to a pre-set rate; a bagging machine including: an assembly for receiving the products, which is designed to receive the packs coming from the packaging machine and to form successive rows of packs, each of which is made up of a pre-set number of packs; an elevator device designed to receive successive layers, each of which is made up of one or more rows of packs; and a bagging assembly designed to insert one or more layers of packs into a partially closed bag of packaging material and designed to close the bag of packaging material after insertion of said layers, wherein set between the packaging machine and the bagging machine is a conveying assembly which operates in a cadenced way together with the packaging machine (12) and the bagging machine, wherein the conveying assembly comprises at least one first conveying element and at least one second conveying element, said first conveying element being provided with pushing means for positive drawing along of the products, and said second conveying element is designed to carry out conveyance by friction of the packs with the possibility of accumulating a small number of packs upstream of the bagging machine.