Patent ID: 6554124
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
Equipment for feeding product groups to a conveyor for packaging, wherein said product groups are products (13), which were previously divided and spaced, for transfer onto and phased with, said conveyor (12) which comprises a transport unit (15) that is moveable in the direction of said conveyor (12) and can be lowered and lifted towards said conveyor, said transport unit (15) receiving said divided and spaced product groups (13) and releasing said divided and spaced product groups onto belts (45) that continuously advance in the direction of a pusher tug conveyor (40, 41) associated with said belts (45), said belts (45) being part of said conveyor (12), said belts (45) being arranged according to a closed ring and releasing said product groups (13) on one end of said pusher tug conveyor (40, 41) and having motor (43) and motor (25) for driving said pusher tug conveyor (40, 41), for driving said belts (45) and for driving said transport unit (15), said pusher tug conveyor (40,41), said belts (45) and said transport unit (15) being controllable in phase through a common processor (49), wherein said transport unit (15) is mounted on a translatable load-bearing structure (18), said transport unit comprising a pair of faced walls (16) that oscillate with respect to one another in departure or approach in order to house and hold or release said product groups (13) received from a loader (14).