Patent ID: 8850780
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A packaging unit for producing sealed packages of pourable food products from a tube of packaging material, comprising: a sealing assembly comprising at least one jaw configured to rotate into a position in which a section of the tube of packaging material is gripped and sealed; a forming member configured to control a volume of a portion the tube while the section of the tube is gripped and sealed by the sealing assembly, the forming member having a main wall hinged to the at least one jaw of the sealing assembly and adapted to cooperate with a first subportion of the portion of the tube, and a flap connected to the main wall, wherein the flap is movable with respect to the main wall between a first position, in which it cooperates with a second subportion of the portion of the tube to control the volume of the portion of the tube, and a second position, in which it is detached from the second subportion of the portion of the tube; a body hinged to the main wall; an interaction surface provided on the body; a control member operable to engage the interaction surface to move the flap into the other of the first and second positions; and a connecting member interposed between the body and the flap so that rotation of the body rotates the flap, wherein the body and the flap rotate about different respective axes.