Patent ID: 6527102
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: B65B,B65G,B65H

Abstract:
A packaging installation for forming finished products, such as packs, from batches (7) of articles (2), which comprises:a conveyer (11) able to receive the successive batches (7) of articles (2) in order to route them from a so-called upstream location to a so-called downstream location, the upstream faces of two successive batches (7) being spaced apart by a predetermined distance known as the pitch (P); a feed track (9) along which the articles (2) are routed one by one to the said conveyer (11) whilst being juxtaposed with each other; means (14) of transferring the articles (2) from the feed track (9) to the conveyer (11), able to take and group the articles (2) in order to form batches (7) spaced apart; and a transporter (23) able on the one hand to route cardboard blanks (24) or equivalent one by one, placed substantially flat on the transporter (23), to the said conveyer (11), and to dispose the blanks (24) on the conveyer (11) opposite batches (7) of articles; means (13) of driving the conveyer, the transfer means (15) and the transporter (25), characterised in that it comprises a control and slaving device (16) for the drive means (13, 15, 25), able to apply to each drive means (13, 15, 25) a speed profile chosen from amongst a preprogrammed set of speed profiles, to allow the adjustment of the pitch (P) and/or of the number of articles (2) per batch (7) according to the pitch and/or the type of batch required.