Patent ID: 8231514

Claim:
A folding assembly for producing a gable portion of a sealed package of a pourable food product, the sealed package having a top end associated with dispensing the food product from the package, and a bottom end, said gable portion comprising a first and a second wall sloping with respect to each other and joined at a seal, and a flap on two opposing lateral sides of the gable portion and connecting corresponding lateral edges of said first and second wall; said folding assembly being supplied with packs having an axis and a top end corresponding to the top end of the sealed package, and which, at the top end and on opposite sides of said axis, comprise two end portions which are folded to form said gable portion of said package; said end portions having, respectively, at least a first and a second portion to be folded at the top end of the pack, which are joined by a lateral face of said pack interposed between said end portions; and said folding assembly comprising: folding means which interact, on opposite sides of said axis, with the top end of the pack, including said first and second portion of said pack, to fold said second portion onto said lateral face, and said first portion on top of said second portion to cover said second portion against said lateral face and form each flap on the opposing lateral sides at the top end of the pack.