Global Patent Index - EP 1764331 A1

EP 1764331 A1 20070321 - Automatic device for producing cut, folded and piled products

Title (en)

Automatic device for producing cut, folded and piled products

Title (de)

Automatische Vorrichtung zur Herstellung geschnittener, gefalteter und gestapelter Produkte

Title (fr)

Dispositif automatique pour produire des produits coupés, pliés et empilés

Publication

EP 1764331 A1 20070321 (EN)

Application

EP 06118599 A 20060808

Priority

IT TO20050631 A 20050915

Abstract (en)

Assembly for manufacturing products starting from at least one continuous trip (14) of flexible material advancing in longitudinal direction. The assembly comprises: a cutting unit (18) comprising a cutting cylinder (24) and an abutting cylinder (26) rotatable around respective axes, mutually parallel and co-operating with each other to cut the continuous strip (14) in transverse direction and form successive strip segments (14a) whose length is twice the length of a product; a bending and transfer cylinder (20), rotatable around an axis that is parallel to the axes of rotation of the cutting cylinder (24) and of the abutting cylinder (26) and comprising a plurality of actuated pincers (34), able to grip a central area of a cut strip segment (14a), in which the bending and transfer cylinder (20) draws, by means of said pincers (34), successive strip segments at the abutting cylinder (36) and transfers the successive strip segments (14a) towards a release area (36) and in which during said transfer operation the successive strip segments (14a) are bent in half around a transverse bending line, and a station for forming product packs (54) situated at said release area (36), in which successive bent strip segments (14a) each forming a product are detached from the bending and transfer cylinder (20) and piled on a movable pan (56) which moves progressively away from the bending and transfer cylinder (20) as the thickness of the pile of products increases.

IPC 8 full level

B65H 45/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65H 29/06 (2013.01); B65H 31/12 (2013.01); B65H 31/3081 (2013.01); B65H 45/165 (2013.01); B65H 45/28 (2013.01); B65H 2301/4212 (2013.01); B65H 2301/42266 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK YU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1764331 A1 20070321; IT TO20050631 A1 20070316

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 06118599 A 20060808; IT TO20050631 A 20050915