Patent ID: 8387349

Claim:
A machine for cartoning products in cardboard boxes, comprising: a product infeed; a cardboard-box forming section; a translation system adapted to transport said cardboard boxes; a loading section comprising a robot adapted to load products into said boxes; a box-closing section for closing said cardboard boxes; said cardboard-box forming section, loading section, and box-closing section being arranged in a linear run; said translation system comprising a plurality of linear translation devices which are extended from the forming section to the box-closing section, so that the translation system is able to deliver empty cardboard boxes from said cardboard box forming section to said loading section, and to feed the cardboard boxes loaded with the products from said loading section to said box-closing section; said box-closing section comprising a mobile device operating with an intermittent work cycle, said mobile device being able to displace the cardboard boxes from the translation system when said cardboard boxes are positioned in a delivery station of said translation system; said translation system comprising a control system of said plurality of linear translation devices, said linear translation devices being operable by the control system with independent movement from each other, and wherein said translation devices are operable with an advance motion coordinated with said intermittent work cycle of said mobile device of the box-closing section, when feeding the cardboard boxes loaded with the products to said box-closing section.