Patent ID: 8528303

Claim:
Equipment for feeding strip material in a packaging machine, comprising: a feed mechanism supplying at least a first wrapping material decoiled and guided along a feed line in a first direction toward an operating station at which an inner wrapper of a packet in production is formed; a rotary support unit carrying a first roll of one at a time a material chosen from a first strip material and a second strip material, operating in line on the packaging machine downstream of the feed mechanism supplying the first wrapping material; a decoiling mechanism by which the first strip material is fed along the first direction to an operating station of the packaging machine where inserts are prepared for application between the inner wrapper and an outer wrapper of the packet; a diverter mechanism by which the second strip material is taken up and routed along a second direction different from the first direction, such that the second strip of material can be supplied to a cellophane overwrapping machine and used in the preparation of leaflets for application to the outer wrapper of the packet; the rotary support unit being configured to feed the first strip material to the decoiling mechanism and the second strip material to the diverter mechanism.