Patent ID: 7690498

Claim:
A device for relocating products in a packaging machine between a supply location and a deposition location, the device comprising: a first holding mechanism for grasping a product at the supply location; a first pivoting relocation arm for transferring the grasped product from the supply location to the deposition location while moving through a first trajectory; a first release mechanism for releasing the product from said first holding mechanism at the deposition location; a first return mechanism for returning said first holding mechanism to the supply location using said first arm; a second holding mechanism for grasping a product at the supply location; a second pivoting relocation arm for transferring the product from the supply location to the deposition location while moving through a second trajectory; a second release mechanism for releasing the product from said second holding mechanism at the deposition location; and a second return mechanism for returning the second holding mechanism to the supply location using the second arm, wherein said first and said second relocation arms execute reversing, back and forth pivoting motions between a transfer position of the supply location and a deposition position of the deposition location, thereby passing by a each other, each of said first and said second arms being pivoted about a respective first axis and a respective second axis which extends substantially perpendicularly with respect to said respective first axis.