Patent ID: 6487832
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
An apparatus for wrapping confectionery products and the like, comprising a device for feeding the products to be wrapped, an organ for extracting said products from said feeding device able to co-operate with a device for dispensing a piece of material in sheet form, a wrapping head with pincers, rotating according to a horizontal axis to carry said products with a respective piece of material in sheet form in correspondence with a series of operative stations, wherein said feeding device comprises a circular disk, positioned horizontal and rotating about a vertical axis, which presents, peripherally distributed, a series of recesses for receiving respective products, open outwards, each provided, in correspondence with a lower surface of said disk and posteriorly thereto, with a relative slit; and an annulus, fastened to the structure of the apparatus, positioned below said rotating disk for supporting said products introduced into said recesses, able partially to hide said slit of said recesses during the feeding phase and so shaped as to distance itself from said rotating disk, in correspondence with a station for transferring the individual products to be wrapped to said wrapping head, to make said sift visible during the transfer phase and allow a thruster of said extractor organ to transit through it, between the disk and the annulus.