Patent ID: 9120584
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A folding unit for producing packages of pourable food products from sealed packs having each a longitudinal first axis and comprising at least one first end tab to be folded and which projects in the direction of said longitudinal first axis; said first end tab comprising, along a direction transversal to said first axis, a central zone and a pair of lateral zones arranged on opposite sides of said central zone; said unit comprising: a movable conveying member which is fed with a plurality of said packs, by the ends corresponding to said first end tabs, and which feeds the pack along a forming path; and folding means which interact with each said pack along said forming path to fold said first end tab onto said pack; said folding means comprising a plurality of plates carried by said conveying member and comprising, in turn, respective first surfaces; each said first surface cooperating, in use, with at least said central zone of said first end tab to be folded of a pack, and being movable between a first position and a second position with respect to said pack with which it cooperates, so as to fold at least said central zone of said first end tab onto said pack; wherein said folding means comprise a plurality of cams carried by said conveying member and each cooperating, in use, with a said plate to move said first surface between said first and second positions.