Patent ID: 7669385
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A machine for packaging articles in related containers formed by a lower substantially box-like closure member (G 1 ) and an upper substantially box-like closure member (G 2 ) hinged to each other along a common hinge edge (D), the lower and upper closure members having edges opposite to said hinge edge having locking means, said closure members receiving respectively therein at least one article ( 10 ) and at least one informative booklet (Li), said machine comprising a conveying line (L), having located about the periphery thereof, gripping and transferring means ( 1 ) for gripping lateral edges of said lower closure member (G 1 ) of said containers (C) located, in a closed condition, inside a magazine(S 0 ), said gripping and transferring means ( 1 ) removing said closed containers (C) from a bottom of said magazine (S 0 ) and transferring said containers to one or more working stations along said conveying line (L), said working stations operated in a time relation with a forward movement of said gripping and transferring means ( 1 ), for opening the containers by displacing the upper closure member (G 2 ) with respect to the lower closure member (G 1 ), for introducing into said closure members, respectively, the at least one informative leaflet (Li) and the at least one article ( 10 ), and for closing the container.