Patent ID: 9187199
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A unit for the application of opening devices on packages of food products pourable into a tube of packaging material, comprising: first conveying means to feed said opening devices in a sequence along a first path; second conveying means to feed said packages in a sequence along a second path; third conveying means movable about a first axis and adapted to displace said opening devices along a third path from a withdrawal station placed along said first path to an application station of the opening devices on said respective packages, placed along said second path; at least one gripping member for gripping a corresponding opening device, the at least one gripping member including a support body and at least two gripping jaws rotatably attached to the support body and configured to hold the corresponding opening device immovably with respect to the support body; and a supporting plate to support said gripping member; said supporting plate being coupled to said third conveying means; wherein said gripping member is displaceable, at said application station, with respect to said supporting plate in a first plane defined by said first axis and a first direction transversal to said first axis and to said second path; and wherein said gripping member is rotatable in said first plane about a second axis perpendicular to said first axis and parallel to said second path at said withdrawal station and/or at said application station.