Machine for packaging articles in blister packs

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EP 1 170 212 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/02

(21)	Application number: 01114738.6

(22)	Date of filing: 22.06.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65B 9/04, B65B 59/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

06.07.2000 IT BO000401

(71)	Applicant: MARCHESINI GROUP S.p.A.
	I-40065 Pian di Macina Pianoro (Bologna) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Monti, Giuseppe 40065 Pianoro (Bologna) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Dall'Olio, Giancarlo
	c/o INVENTION s.a.s., Via delle Armi, 1 40137 Bologna 40137 Bologna (IT)

(54)	Machine for packaging articles in blister packs

(57) A machine for packing articles into blister packs includes a series of modular units which can be removably connected with one another. The machine includes a unit (3) where a reel (20) of a thermoformable material band (2) is loaded; a unit (4) for thermoforming the band (2); a unit (5) for feeding the articles (10) to the blister band (2), the feeding unit being disposed beside the thermoforming unit (4); a unit (6) for sealing the blister band (2) and a unit (7) for cutting the blister band (2) into single blister packs.

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