Patent ID: 7837023
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A device for moving and orienting long items, these items being, more specifically, tubular cores made of card for making rolls, each long item having a longitudinal axis (L) and opposite ends, the device comprising: means for defining an angular movement of the axis (L) of the long item, such that the long item is fed out of the device at a suitable angle, said means configured to cause the long item to be fed forward while keeping the long item substantially transversal to a direction of feed; and first and second feed means comprising respective first and second pluralities of means for engaging a back of the long item, the first feed means including first back engagement elements separated from each other by a predetermined first number of links, and the second feed means having second back engagement elements separated from each other by a predetermined second number of links smaller than the first number of links separating the first back engagement elements of the first feed means.