Patent ID: 6035605
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A device for bending and transferring leaflets into box-shaped casings comprising:a bending station,a feed means for transferring at least one leaflet to the bending station,a transfer head movable in a reciprocating motion between a first operating position, wherein said transfer head is spaced apart from the bending station and in alignment therewith, and a second operating position, wherein said transfer head impinges upon the leaflet supported in the bending station, said transfer head having a base surface facing the bending station and at least one tapering end portion disposed perimetrically relative to the base surface, and wherein said transfer head is not part of said feed means and does not contact the leaflet until the leaflet is fed into the bending station,bending means operating in said bending station for bending, in cooperation with the transfer head, at least one side flap of the leaflet which projects from said end portion of said transfer head, said bending means comprising at least one forming element rotatably engaged in said bending station and having at least one coupling seating extending generally parallel to a rotational axis of the forming element, in alignment with said tapering end portion, for engagement with said end portion by bending the leaflet flap around said end portion when the transfer head is moved to its said second operating position, andtransfer means for transferring the bent leaflet from the bending station to a box-shaped casing located in a receiving station.