Patent ID: 7399261

Claim:
A system, for forming containers for food products, comprising: a first feed station by which a continuous strip of a forming material is directed along a predetermined feed path; a main reel rotatable about a relative longitudinal axis, from which the strip is decoilable along the feed path; a circular conveying mechanism; a second feed station supplying a single file of tubular elements generated from the strip along a respective feeding direction on to the circular conveying mechanism; sealing means, positioned along a path of said circular conveying mechanism operating on a first open end of each tubular element in such a way as to enclose the first end; a feed mechanism transporting the tubular elements to said circular conveying mechanism along a respective transportation direction; said circular conveying mechanism comprising at least one wheel rotatable around an axis between a first position of reception of the tubular elements and a second position of alignment of the tubular elements with the sealing means, said axis being perpendicular to the feeding direction and to the transportation direction of the tubular elements in the proximity of the wheel, said feeding direction being parallel to the transportation direction.