Patent ID: 8464762
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: A61D

Abstract:
1. Machine for packaging straws ( 11 ) of a predetermined diameter including a filling unit ( 3 ) for said straws ( 11 ) including n filling stations ( 4 ), n being an integer number equal to at least 1, and a conveyor device ( 2 ) for said straws for disposing n straws ( 11 ) each in line with one of said filling stations ( 4 ), said device ( 2 ) having at least one conveyor element ( 5 ; 105 ) provided with a succession of receiving housings ( 15 ; 115 ) for said straws ( 11 ) disposed according to a predetermined pitch (E), said conveyor element being adapted to be moved, after each filling of n straws, a distance equal to n times said predetermined pitch (E) to dispose n new straws next to the preceding n straws, each in line with one of said filling stations ( 4 ), wherein said conveyor element ( 5 ; 105 ) includes, in addition to said succession of receiving housings ( 15 ; 115 ) for said straws ( 11 ), referred to as first housings, a succession of receiving housings ( 16 ; 116 ) for straws ( 12 ) of another predetermined diameter, referred to as second housings, said second housings ( 16 ; 116 ) being disposed according to said pitch (E), each of said second receiving housings ( 16 , 116 ) being disposed between two of said first receiving housings ( 15 ; 115 ).