Patent ID: 6929115

Claim:
A system for height adjustment of a feeding station for feeding articles in a packaging machine, said feeding station including at least one outlet conveyor for delivering said articles toward at least one working station of said packaging machine, said at least one working station including means for adjusting a height of the at least one working station with respect to a common zero reference plane, said adjusting means being controlled by a control unit, said system comprising: a lower stationary framework, which carries said feeding station, fastened to support means; an upper moving framework for supporting said feeding station; and driving means for shifting said moving framework with respect to said stationary framework, said driving means being connected to said control unit, said driving means receiving from said control unit an activation command related to a desired height value of said outlet conveyor with respect to said reference plane, corresponding to a height imposed by said adjusting means of said at least one working station, said driving means displacing said moving framework vertically with respect to said stationary framework to position said outlet conveyor at said height of said at least one working station with respect to the reference plane.