Patent ID: 9027732
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A unit for transferring and up-ending at least one sealed package containing a pourable food product and having a first axis; said unit comprising: a rotatable wheel possessing an outer surface; at least one push member which cooperates with said package to feed it along a first path from an in-feed station to an out-feed station, the at least one push member being connected to and rotatable together with the wheel; said path extending about a second axis; guide means which cooperate with a first side of said package along said first path to up-end said package from an in-feed position, in which said package is positioned with said first axis oriented in a first direction, to an out-feed position, in which said package is positioned with said first axis oriented in a second direction crosswise to said first direction; and anti-rotating means which cooperate with said package along said path to prevent said package from rotating about said first axis; wherein said anti-rotating means comprise at least one pressure element rotatable about said second axis and adapted to cooperate, in use, with said package, the at least one pressure element being connected to the wheel and projecting away from the outer surface of the wheel.