Patent ID: 7658274

Claim:
A switcher for product supply lines, comprising: a support frame ( 2 ), at least a guide channel ( 8 ) internally of which a plurality of products being supplied advance, the guide channel ( 8 ) being mobile with respect to the support frame ( 2 ) to direct the products being supplied towards respective conveying channels ( 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ), a telescopic channel ( 10 ), operatively associated to an end ( 9 ) of the guide channel ( 8 ), the telescopic channel ( 10 ) being slidably mobile with respect to the guide channel ( 8 ) in order to accompany the advancement of the products coming from the guide channel ( 8 ); a sliding plane ( 3 ) for the products moving internally of the guide channel ( 8 ) and the telescopic channel ( 10 ), a support element ( 6 ), operatively interposed between the guide channel ( 8 ) and the support frame ( 2 ), the support element ( 6 ) being mobile on the support frame ( 2 ) in order to displace the guide channel ( 8 ) at least between a first position, in which the products being supplied are directed towards a first conveying channel ( 16 ), and a second position in which the products are directed towards a second conveying channel ( 17 ); a first cursor ( 13 ) which is slidably mobile on the support element ( 6 ); a second cursor ( 14 ) which is slidably mobile on the support element ( 6 ) and which is connected to the telescopic channel ( 10 ); a con rod ( 15 ) having a first end ( 15 a ) which is hinged to a first transversal portion ( 4 ) of the support channel ( 2 ) and a second end ( 15 b ) which is hinged to the first cursor ( 13 ), characterised in that the support element ( 6 ) exhibits: a first end ( 6 a ) which is slidably engaged to the first transversal portion ( 4 ) of the support frame ( 2 ); a second end ( 6 b ) which is slidably engaged to a second transversal portion ( 5 ) of the support frame ( 2 ), the support element ( 6 ) being mobile along a longitudinal development of the first and the second transversal portion ( 4 , 5 ) of the support frame ( 2 ) at least between the first position and the second position, transversally with respect to the sliding direction of the products being supplied.