Patent ID: 7225601
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A multipurpose cartoning machine for packets of cigarettes, comprising a packing device ( 14 ) and a conveying assembly ( 13 ) for feeding the packets ( 4 ) to the packing device ( 14 ); wherein the conveying assembly ( 13 ) comprises a first and a second conveyor ( 19 , 27 ), and the first conveyor ( 19 ) comprises, at a respective output end, an accumulating station ( 26 ) for forming subgroups ( 18 ) of packets ( 4 ) placed flat one on top of the other; and wherein the first conveyor ( 19 ) feeds single packets ( 4 ), in an orderly succession and positioned on edge, to the accumulating station ( 26 ), and the second conveyor ( 27 ) is associated with the first conveyor ( 19 ) to receive the packets ( 4 ) conveyed by the first conveyor ( 19 ), and to feed the packets ( 4 ) to the packing device ( 14 ); the conveying assembly ( 13 ) selectively assuming a first configuration, wherein the second conveyor ( 27 ) is connected to the first conveyor ( 19 ) at the accumulating station ( 26 ) to receive, from the first conveyor ( 19 ), a succession of subgroups ( 18 ) of packets ( 4 ) laid flat; and a second configuration, wherein the second conveyor ( 27 ) is connected to the first conveyor ( 19 ) upstream from the accumulating station ( 26 ) to receive an orderly succession of single packets ( 4 ) positioned on edge.