EP1223105A1 - Ligne d'emballage à fonction multiple - Google Patents

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EP1223105A1
EP1223105A1 EP01130616A EP01130616A EP1223105A1 EP 1223105 A1 EP1223105 A1 EP 1223105A1 EP 01130616 A EP01130616 A EP 01130616A EP 01130616 A EP01130616 A EP 01130616A EP 1223105 A1 EP1223105 A1 EP 1223105A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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  • the present invention relates to a multiple-function packaging line.
  • the present invention relates to a multiple-function packaging line with which it is possible to package, individually in succession, products such as batches of bottles, cans, jars and the like, in various manners such as, for example, in closed, so-called "wrap-around", cardboard boxes, in high-sided cardboard trays or in low-sided cardboard trays, or in the form of packages consisting solely of a film of packaging material, or in boxes overwrapped with film, or in trays overwrapped with film, or in the form of packages consisting solely of film where the products are arranged on a sheet of cardboard, or also in other similar types of packages.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the abovementioned drawbacks.
  • the invention which is characterized by the claims, solves the problem of creating a multiple-function packaging line, which is characterised in that it comprises four machine sections arranged consecutively; in that the first machine section is a feeding machine section, comprising product feeding means and intended to feed, individually in succession, the products to be packaged, displacing them longitudinally along a first conveying plane, towards and into a loading station of the second machine; in that the second machine section is a dual-function machine section which can be converted into two configurations, wherein the first configuration envisages a condition as a boxing machine section, comprising feeding means for feeding blanks into said loading station, pushing means for moving the blanks from said station downstream, folding/pushing means for folding the blanks onto the products, and intended to carton, individually in succession, the products by means of the blanks, displacing the product/blank assemblies along a second conveying plane, and for feeding the cartoned products into the third machine section, and wherein the second configuration envisages a condition as a conveying machine section, comprising
  • a further object of the present invention is also that of creating a convertible dual-function machine section intended to operate, for example, as an intermediate machine section, in a multiple-function packaging line of the abovementioned type, wherein the said convertible dual-function machine section is characterized in that it has two different operating configurations, wherein the first configuration envisages a condition as a cartoning machine section, comprising feeding means for feeding blanks into a station arranged upstream, pushing means for moving the blanks from said station downstream, folding/pushing means for folding the blanks onto the products and intended to carton, individually in succession, with the blanks, the products which arrive at said station supplied by a machine section arranged upstream, displacing the product/blank assemblies along a conveying plane, and for feeding the cartoned products into a machine section arranged downstream, and wherein the second configuration envisages a condition as a conveying machine section, comprising conveying means and intended to convey, individually in succession, without cartoning them, the products supplied by said machine section arranged upstream, displac
  • the advantages obtained by using a multiple-function packaging machine of this type consist mainly in the fact that the production costs are reduced compared to the manufacture of two separate packaging machines, and in that the dimensions are always smaller compared to two separate packaging machines.
  • the advantages obtained using the particular convertible dual-function machine section consist mainly in the fact that the production downtimes, due to the conversion from one configuration to another, are reduced and in that the operations for said conversion are simplified.
  • the multiple-function packaging line has four machine sections 100, 200, 300 and 400 which are schematically shown here and which are arranged in succession so as to define a horizontal transfer plane extending longitudinally and consisting of four respective segments Y100, Y200-Y600, Y300 and Y400 which are arranged consecutively so as to be aligned and coplanar with each other, as can be better understood below.
  • each blank F comprising with respect to its axis of planar extension YF a rear panel PP having flaps PPa and PPb, a bottom panel PI having flaps PIa and PIb, a front panel PF having flaps PFa and PFb, and a top panel PS having flaps PSa and PSb and a closing flap LC, said panels and said flaps being defined by means of creasing lines.
  • the present invention may also use other types of blanks, such as blanks intended to form high-sided trays or low-sided trays, each blank, indicated by the letter V in Fig. 5A, comprising substantially with respect to its axis of planar extension YV, a rear panel PP having flaps PPa and PPb, a bottom panel PI having flaps PIa and PIb, and a front panel PF having flaps PFa and PFb, said panels and said flaps being defined by means of creasing lines, as well as similar blanks.
  • each blank indicated by the letter V in Fig. 5A, comprising substantially with respect to its axis of planar extension YV, a rear panel PP having flaps PPa and PPb, a bottom panel PI having flaps PIa and PIb, and a front panel PF having flaps PFa and PFb, said panels and said flaps being defined by means of creasing lines, as well as similar blanks.
  • the present invention may also use blanks intended to form support sheets for the objects which constitute the product, such as, for example, the blank T shown in Fig. 5B.
  • the first machine section 100 is a feeding machine section, for feeding, individually in succession, products P, see the products P1 P2 P3, to be packaged downstream and inside the second machine section 200, displacing them longitudinally along a first transfer plane Y100.
  • said first machine section 100 in an upstream to downstream direction, essentially comprises a conveyor 110 with a conveyor belt 111 and a dead travel plate 103, the latter extending into the second machine section 200.
  • a conveyor 120 which comprises suspended pushing bars B1, B2, etc., intended to move along a closed travel path, and the downstream portion of which extends into the second machine section 200, and said conveyor 120 comprising two chains 121a and 121b which are wound, in a closed path, along respective vertical/longitudinal planes, around respective toothed wheels 122a-123a-124a-125a and 122b-123b-124b-125b, of which at least one pair 125a, 125b of said wheels are keyed onto a common motor-driven shaft 126.
  • the second machine section 200 is a dual-function machine section which can be converted into two configurations, the first configuration envisaging a condition as a cartoning machine intended, for example, to carton the products P supplied by said first machine section 100, using the blanks F, so as to obtain boxes P6-F6, as illustrated in Figs. 1A, 1B, 1C and 2A, 2B, 2C, or using the blanks V (Fig. 5A) so as to obtain trays (as described below), or arrange the products P on blanks T (Fig. 5B), i.e.
  • said second machine section 200 essentially comprises: -a transverse feeding conveyor 210; -a longitudinal pushing conveyor 220; -two longitudinal bottom folding conveyors 230a and 230b; -a transverse folding bar 201; -a longitudinal upper folding conveyor 260; -two lateral rotating folding devices 202a and 202b in a mirror arrangement; -two first, central, lateral, longitudinal, fixed folding devices 203a and 203b in a mirror arrangement (only one of which is visible); -two bottom fixed gluing devices 204a and 204b in a mirror arrangement (only one of which is visible); -two upper fixed gluing devices 205a and 205b in a mirror arrangement (only one of which is visible); -two second bottom fixed folding devices 206a and 206a in a mirror arrangement (only one of which is visible); and -two upper fixed folding devices 207a and 207b in a mirror arrangement (only
  • the transverse feeding conveyor 210 is a conveyor with a suction conveyor belt 211, the downstream portion of which is arranged underneath the dead plate 103 and has a conveying plane comprising two surfaces 211a and 211b between which a longitudinal opening 212 is located.
  • the pushing conveyor 220 comprises a chain 221, which has pushing lugs 222 and which is wound in a closed path around an upstream wheel 223, around an intermediate wheel 224 arranged underneath the dead plate 103 and around a downstream wheel 225 arranged between the upstream portion of the two folding conveyors 230a and 230b, said intermediate wheel 224 and downstream wheel 225 being rotatably supported by means of a frame 226a-226b, the upstream end of the latter being hinged in the vicinity of the upstream wheel 223 and its downstream portion having two eyelets 227a and 227b which slidably engage with two respective vertical guide rods 228a and 228b, so as to be able to pivot said frame 226a-226b inside said longitudinal opening 212 in a longitudinal/vertical plane by means of raising means such as, for example, a fluid-dynamic jack 229, in order to be able to arrange said pushing conveyor 220 in a first raised position, or operating position, so as to push in succession the blanks F from the loading station ST
  • the two bottom folding conveyors, 230a and 230b intended to fold the blanks F in the bottom zone, displacing them downstream, each comprise, respectively, one or more chains 231a and 231b which are provided with respective hinged folding/pushing lugs, 232a and 232b, and are wound in a closed path around respective one or more upstream wheels, 233a and 233b, and around one or more respective downstream wheels, 234a and 234b, the said upstream wheels, 233a and 233b, being rotatably supported by means of respective forks with prongs, 235a-236a and 235b-236b, of a respective frame, 237a and 237b, and the downstream wheels, 234a and 234b, being the motor-driven wheels and being supported by means of respective forks, 238a-239a and 238b-239b, of the respective frames, 237a and 237b, said latter downstream wheels, 234a and 234b, being slidably engaged on
  • the upstream portions of the frames 237a and 237b of the respective folding conveyors 230a and 230b are engaged with a threaded bar 241 extending transversely and rotationally supported by the machine frame Ta and Tb, said bar 241 having two threaded portions, 241a and 241b, with oppositely directed threading, the thread 241a engaging with a female thread provided in the upstream portion of the frame 237a and the thread 241b engaging with a female thread provided in the upstream portion of the frame 237b.
  • said bar 241 on the right-hand side, has, keyed onto it, a toothed wheel 242 around which a chain 243 is wound for the reasons which will become clear below.
  • the upper folding conveyor 260 intended to fold the blanks in the upper zone, displacing them downstream, comprises one or more chains 261 which are equipped with respective hinged pushing/folding lugs 262 and are wound in a closed path around one or more upstream wheels 263 and around one or more downstream wheels 264 which are supported by means of a frame 265, the upstream portion of which has an extension 266 intended to support a gluing device 267.
  • -Said frame 265 is supported in a hanging manner by means of a first element 268, which is fixed upstream, and by means of a second element 269, which is fixed downstream, said elements having respective threaded shanks, 270 and 271, which are engaged with respective female-thread ring nuts, 272 and 273, which in turn are arranged and supported axially and rotationally by the upper machine frame Ts, each female-thread ring nut, 272 and 273, having respective fixed toothed wheels, 274 and 275, around which a chain 276 is wound, said chain engaging also with a wheel 277, the latter being rotationally driven, upon actuation, by means of a motor 278 also supported by the upper frame Ts.
  • the third machine section 300 may be a mono-functional machine section, of the wrapping type, for wrapping, individually in succession, with strips S of packaging film, the products cartoned in the boxes P6-F6, as illustrated in Figs. 1A, 1B, 1C and 2A, 2B, 2C, or the products cartoned in trays P-V (as described below), or the products arranged on sheets P-T (as described below), as well as the products P without blanks, as illustrated in Figs. 3A, 3B, 3C and 4A, 4B, 4C, supplied by said second machine section 200, and for transporting the products cartoned in boxes and wrapped P8-F8-S (see Fig. 1C), or the products cartoned in trays and wrapped P-V-S, or the products arranged on a sheet and wrapped P-T-S, onto the fourth machine section 400, displacing them along a third conveying plane Y300.
  • said third machine section 300 may also be a third dual-function machine section which can be converted into two configurations, the first configuration envisaging a condition as a wrapping machine section of the aforementioned type and the second configuration envisaging a condition as a conveying machine, for conveying the said products cartoned in boxes P6-F6 (Fig. 1C), or the products cartoned in trays P-V, supplied by said second machine section 200, onto the fourth machine section 400, without performing wrapping, displacing them along a third conveying plane Y300.
  • -Said third machine section 300 essentially comprises: a transporting conveyor 310, wrapping means 320, strip feeding means 330, film cutting means 340 and film feeding means 350.
  • the displacement conveyor 310 comprises a conveying belt 311, which is wound around an upstream roller 312 and a downstream roller 313, said transporting conveyor 310 being slightly spaced longitudinally with respect to the second machine section 200, so as to define a first upstream opening 305, as well as slightly spaced longitudinally with respect to the fourth machine section 400, so as to define a second downstream opening 306.
  • -Said transporting conveyor 310 interacts with wrapping means, denoted in their entirety by 320, comprising, substantially, at least one transverse wrapping bar 321, which moves around said transporting conveyor 310, passing through said first opening 305 and said second opening 306, the opposite ends of said bar 321 being supported by two respective chains, 322a and 322b, which are wound in a closed path around respective wheels, 323a, 324a, 325a, 326a and 323b, 324b, 325b, 326b, which are arranged on the respective sides of the said transporting conveyor 310, at least one pair of said wheels, for example the pair 323a-323b, being keyed onto the same shaft 327.
  • wrapping means denoted in their entirety by 320, comprising, substantially, at least one transverse wrapping bar 321, which moves around said transporting conveyor 310, passing through said first opening 305 and said second opening 306, the opposite ends of said bar 321 being supported by two respective chains, 322a and 322b, which are wound in
  • the means 320 for feeding the strips S of packaging film are arranged in the zone underneath the transporting conveyor 310, in the vicinity of its upstream end, and the strip cutting means 340 and driving means 350 are arranged upstream thereof.
  • -Said means 320, 340, 350 for handling the strip of film may also be of a type other than that illustrated schematically in the diagrams and may be chosen depending on the nature of the strip of packaging film and/or the format of the product to be packaged.
  • the fourth machine section 400 is a receiving machine section for receiving, individually in succession, the products cartoned inside boxes and wrapped P4-F4-S, (Figs. 1A, 1B, 1C and 2A, 2B, 2C), or the products cartoned in trays and wrapped P-V-S, or the products arranged on a sheet and wrapped P-T-S, or the wrapped products P-S (Figs. 3A, 3B, 3C and 4A, 4B, 4C), as well as the products cartoned in various ways and not wrapped P-F or P-V supplied by said third machine section 300, and for displacing them downstream along a fourth transfer plane Y400.
  • said fourth machine section 400 essentially comprises a transporting conveyor 410 with a conveying belt 411 which is wound around an upstream roller 412 and around a motor-driven downstream roller, not shown, the upstream end of said conveyor 410 being slightly longitudinally spaced from the third machine section 300, so as to define the said second opening 306.
  • the said multiple-function packaging line also comprises an insertable transporting conveyor 600 which, with respect to its longitudinal conveying plane or axis Y600, has a longitudinal dimension which is substantially equal to the longitudinal distance between the downstream end of the first machine section 100 and the upstream end of the third machine section 300, and in any case such that it can be inserted at least between the downstream end of the dead plate 103 and the upstream end of the transporting conveyor 310, maintaining the presence of the opening 305, and a transverse dimension smaller than the transverse distance present between the two bottom folding conveyors 230a, 230b, when the latter are arranged in the second, transversely spaced position, and in any case such that it can be inserted between the two folding conveyors 230a and 230b thus spaced, as described more clearly below, in order to perform the function of a coplanar conveying surface Y600 connecting the conveying plane Y100 of the first machine section 100 and the conveying plane Y300
  • the sliding plate 602 also has, fixed on its two opposite sides, four resting/support flange-plates, two in the vicinity of the upstream end, 610a and 610b, and similarly two in the vicinity of the downstream end, 611a and 611b, which have seating recesses 610ac, 610bc, 611ac, 611bc (only three of which are visible in the figures).
  • the packaging line indicated above also has mechanical and/or electrical and/or electronic and/or computerized devices able to synchronize the various operating means with each other.
  • Figures 1A, 1B, 1C and 2A, 2B, 2C show the multiple-function packaging line in the configuration as a boxing and wrapping device, for boxing the products P using blanks F inside closed boxes and for wrapping the said boxes using strips S of film.
  • a continuous succession of products to be packaged, P2, P3, are displaced, individually, in the downstream direction, firstly by means of the transporting conveyor 110 and then by means of the dead plate 103 and the pushing bars B2, B3, into a loading station ST1 of the second machine section 200.
  • the second machine section 200 which is actuated in synchronism, by means of the transverse feeding conveyor 210, feeds, individually in succession, into said station ST1, for each product P which arrives at said station ST1, a respective blank F in a folded configuration, said folded configuration envisaging that the top panel PS, the front panel PF and the joining flap LC are lying in a vertical/transverse plane located upstream of the transverse folding bar 201 and the bottom panel PI and the rear panel PP are lying underneath the dead plate 103.
  • the suspended pushing bar B3 has moved a product P3 onto the dead plate 103 inside the station ST1 and the feeding conveyor 210 has fed a blank F3 into the same station ST1.
  • the product/blank assembly P3-F3 is moved downstream, bringing the front portion of said assembly P3-F3 above the upstream end of the two bottom folding conveyors 230a and 230b which, actuated in synchronism, bring up two first pushing/folding lugs, 232a and 232b, arranged vertically and ready to engage, at the bottom, with the front panel PF of the said blank F3.
  • the assemblies P4-F4 are further moved downstream and, by means of a following second upper folding/pushing lug 262, the closing flap LC is folded downwards, fixing it to the upper portion of the rear panel PP and then, following a further advancing movement downstream, by means of the bottom fixed folding devices 206a and 206b and the upper fixed folding devices 207a and 207b, the flaps PIa, PIb are folded upwards and the flaps PSa, PSb downwards, respectively, resulting in the product/blank assembly P5-F5, i.e. a product boxed inside a closed box, which is thus displaced downstream, see P6-F6.
  • the strip feeding means 330 which are actuated in synchronism, feed the front end of a strip S of packaging film towards and above the upstream end of the wrapping conveyor 310, so as to arrange it between the bottom of the product/box assembly P6-F6 and the conveying plane of the conveyor 310 and then the wrapping bar 321, which is also actuated in synchronism, passing through the first opening 305, pulls the strip S over the product/cardboard box assembly, resulting in the partially wound product/box assembly P7-F7.
  • the wrapping bar 321 covers its remaining wrapping path and moves downwards, passing through the said opening 306, in order to arrange the rear end of the strip S so that it hangs between the said conveyors 310 and 410, so as to fold said rear portion of the strip S below the front portion of the said strip S, as illustrated for the package/box assembly P8-F8, during the displacement of said assembly P8-F8 on the transporting conveyor 410, resulting in a product P8 which is boxed in a box formed by a blank F8 over which a strip S of packaging material is wrapped, i.e. packages P-F-S.
  • blanks for trays such as, for example, the blanks V illustrated in Fig. 5A which, compared to the preceding blanks, are devoid of the upper panel PS, the associated flaps PSa and PSb and the closing flap LC.
  • blanks for a sheet such as, for example, the blanks T illustrated in Fig. 5B which, compared to the preceding ones, comprise only the bottom panel PI.
  • the third machine section 300 is configured as a third conveying machine section, making the transporting conveyor 310 operative, the wrapping means 320 inoperative, with the wrapping bars 321 removed, or stopped underneath or above the transporting conveyor 310 so as not to interfere with the displacement of the products, the strip feeding means 320 inoperative, the cutting means 330 inoperative and the strip driving means 340 inoperative so that the product/box assemblies P6-F6 obtained in the manner described above or the product/tray assemblies P6-V obtained in the manner similar to that described above are displaced, in sequence, by the folding conveyors 230a-230b of the second machine section 200 on the said transporting conveyor 310 of the third machine section 300 and then on the conveyor 410 without undergoing wrapping with packaging film.
  • the second machine section 200 is configured as a conveying machine section.
  • the pushing conveyor 220 is arranged in its second lowered position, so as to lower the intermediate wheel 224 and the downstream wheel 225, and the two bottom folding conveyors 230a and 230b are arranged in their second position of maximum transverse spacing, in order to create a wide longitudinal opening between them, and the upper folding conveyor 260 is also raised, if required.
  • the insertable transporting conveyor 600 (illustrated in Figs. 6, 6A) is positioned in the second machine section 200, see again Figs.
  • the second machine section 200 has been converted into a second conveying machine section, the said transporting conveyor 600, and more particularly its conveying surface Y600, acts as a coplanar conveyor connecting together the dead plate 103 of the first machine section 100, i.e. the conveying plane Y100, and the upstream end of the conveyor 310 of the third machine section 300, i.e. the conveying plane Y300, while still ensuring the presence of a narrow minimum opening 305 between said two transporting conveyors 600 and 310, in such a way as to allow the wrapping bar 321 to pass through.
  • the said transporting conveyor 600 and more particularly its conveying surface Y600, acts as a coplanar conveyor connecting together the dead plate 103 of the first machine section 100, i.e. the conveying plane Y100, and the upstream end of the conveyor 310 of the third machine section 300, i.e. the conveying plane Y300, while still ensuring the presence of a narrow minimum opening 305 between said two transporting conveyors 600 and 310, in
  • the products to be packaged such as for example batches of bottles, see P3, are pushed by the suspended pushing bars, see B3, along the dead plate 103 until they are located above the upstream end of the inserted transporting conveyor 600, which displaces them downstream, see P4, and, when the batches, see P7, arrive in the vicinity of the third machine section 300, said batches are wrapped in the manner indicated above and then transferred onto the transporting conveyor 410 of the fourth machine section 400, in order to arrange the tail end of the strip S underneath the front portion of the same strip S, resulting in packaging of the batches P wrapped with strips S of packaging film, without performing cartoning, i.e. the packages P-S.
  • FIGs. 7, 7A and 7c show a first variation of embodiment of a rapidly convertible, dual-function, intermediate, machine section intended, for example, to perform the function of a second machine section 200 in a multiple-function packaging line of the abovementioned type.
  • said first variant has a product transfer surface identical to that of the preceding embodiment, comprising essentially a transverse feeding conveyor 210, a vertically oscillating, longitudinal, pushing conveyor 220, two longitudinal pushing conveyors 230a and 230b which can be transversely spaced by means of the threaded bars 241 and 251, while, as a variant, at the top, a device 700 for rapidly performing conversion from a cartoning machine section into a conveying machine section and vice versa is provided.
  • said device 700 comprises a vertically movable assembly 710 supported in a hanging manner by the upper machine frame Ts, said assembly 700 being intended to carry a transporting conveyor 600, of the type illustrated in Figs. 6 and 6A, oriented longitudinally and arranged on a first higher level, and a folding conveyor 260, of the type indicated above by the same number, oriented longitudinally and arranged on a second lower level.
  • an upstream hanging support 701 and a downstream hanging support 702 are provided, which supports are movable vertically and the top portions of which have respective threaded shanks 703 and 704 which are engaged with respective female-thread ring nuts 705 and 706, which are arranged and supported axially and rotationally in the upper machine frame Ts, each female-thread ring nut, 705 and 706, having fixed respective toothed wheels 708 and 709 around which a chain 711 is wound, said chain also engaging with a wheel 712, the latter being rotationally driven, upon actuation, by means of a motor 713 which is also supported by the upper frame Ts.
  • the said hanging supports 701 and 702 see also Fig. 7C, have bottom portions 715 and 716 in the form of an overturned "U" between the arms of which there is arranged and fixed, at a higher level, the said transporting conveyor 600 with a conveyor belt 601, by means of fixing of the sliding surface 602 between the arms of said "U” and, at a lower level, by means of two lateral brackets 715a and 715b, the frame 265 of the folding conveyor 260 with one or more chains 261 intended to carry pushing/folding lugs 262.
  • the two bottom folding conveyors 230a and 230b are positioned close to each other so as to fold the bottom portions of the blanks F and, by means of the motor 713 and associated chain 711, the folding conveyor 260 is positioned at a height such as to position the bottom working section in the vicinity of the plane of transfer of the tops of the products P being boxed, so as to fold the top part of the blanks F onto the said products, resulting in a working configuration similar to that of Figs. 1A, 1B, 1C and 2A, 2B, 2C described above.
  • FIGs. 8 and 8A illustrate a second variation of embodiment of a rapidly convertible, intermediate, machine section intended, for example, to perform the function of a second machine section 200 in a multiple-function packaging line of the abovementioned type.
  • a carriage 810 is arranged between the loading station ST1 comprising the feeding conveyor 210 and the downstream machine section 300, and more particularly between the downstream end of the dead plate 103 and the upstream end of the conveyor 310, said carriage extending longitudinally, being movable transversely and comprising three longitudinal members L1, L2, L3 intended to slide in a guided manner on two bottom cross-pieces Ts1 and Ts2 provided on the two longitudinal members of the machine frame Ta and Tb.
  • -Said carriage 810 on a first side, supported by means of the longitudinal members L1 and L2, has a longitudinally oriented transporting conveyor 600, with belt 601, of the type illustrated in Figs. 6 and 6A, which has an upper conveying plane Y600 and, adjoining it, on the other side, supported by means of two longitudinal members L2 and L3, two folding conveyors 230a and 230b, oriented longitudinally, of the type described above with the same reference number.
  • the two folding conveyors 230a and 230b are positioned with their upper conveying and folding plane Y200 aligned and coplanar with the conveying plane Y100 of the front machine section 100 and the conveying plane Y300 of the rear machine section 300, i.e. said two folding conveyors 230a and 230b between the downstream end of the dead plate 103 and the upstream end of the transporting conveyor 310 maintaining the presence of the opening 305, and the pushing conveyor 220 is then arranged in its first raised position, obtaining a functional and working configuration similar to that illustrated in Figs. 1A, 1B, 1C and 2A, 2B, 2C.
  • the pushing conveyor 220 is positioned in its second lowered position and, after this, by means of transverse displacement of the carriage 810, the transporting conveyor 600 is positioned with its upper conveying plane Y600 aligned and coplanar with the conveying plane Y100 of the front machine section 100 and the conveying plane Y300 of the rear machine section 300, i.e. said transporting conveyor 600 is positioned between the downstream end of the dead plate 103 and the upstream end of the transporting conveyor 310 maintaining the presence of the opening 305, essentially resulting in a functional and working configuration similar to that illustrated in Figs. 3A, 3B, 3C and 4A, 4B, 4C.

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