Patent ID: 8297434

Claim:
A product conveyor unit ( 1 ) for conveying blister packs ( 2 ) positionable between an outlet of a blister-packing machine (B) and an inlet of a boxing machine (A) comprising: a first conveyor ( 4 ) receiving blister packs ( 2 ) from the outlet of the blister-packing machine (B), the first conveyor conveying the blister packs ( 2 ) in a first advancement direction (A 1 ); a second conveyor ( 5 ) for conveying the blister packs ( 2 ) in a second advancement direction (A 2 ) to the inlet of the boxing machine (A), the first conveyor ( 4 ) and the second conveyor ( 5 ) being reciprocally arranged such that the second advancement direction (A 2 ) is angularly orientated with respect to the first advancement direction (A 1 ), the first conveyor ( 4 ) defining a first portion (P 1 ) and the second conveyor ( 5 ) defining in turn a second portion (P 2 ) of an advancement path (P) of the blister packs ( 2 ), a disc ( 6 ), positionable between the first conveyor ( 4 ) and the second conveyor ( 5 ) and being rotatably activatable for transferring the blister packs ( 2 ) from the first conveyor ( 4 ) to the second conveyor ( 5 ) with a consequent change in a direction thereof from the first advancement direction (A 1 ) to the second advancement direction (A 2 ), guide means ( 8 , 80 ) for guiding the blister packs ( 2 ), the guide means ( 8 , 80 ) being positionable on the disc ( 6 ) so as to define at least a linear tract (L 1 ) for a guided advancement of the blister packs ( 2 ), for aligning and guiding the blister packs ( 2 ) during transfer onto the rotating disc ( 6 ) and towards the second conveyor ( 5 ), wherein the outlet of the blister-packing machine (B) is situated in a first environment (B 1 ), and the inlet of the boxing machine (A) is situated in a second environment (B 2 ), separated from the first environment (B 1 ) by means of a dividing wall (D), the dividing wall having a passage (W) for connecting the first environment (B 1 ) to the second environment (B 2 ).