Abstract: A collector includes a diverter apparatus in which a transfer device is adapted to divert a flow of articles from a belt conveyor to a collecting table to create a plurality of parallel rows, or vice versa, said belt conveyor being arranged orthogonal to the collecting table so that said articles, passing from the belt conveyor to the collecting table and/or vice versa, are diverted, thus defining an angle preferably of 90°, the belt conveyor and collecting table are arranged adjacent to one another.

Abstract: Method for controlling the mechanical strength of a container, in particular made of glass, by means of a control apparatus which provides for actuating the control on a control zone extending along an entire circumferential perimeter of the outer surface of the container in which it provides for forwarding the container according to a forwarding direction, simultaneously rotating the container about the axis of symmetry thereof orthogonal to the forwarding direction, then controlling the container during the rotation, exerting a control pressure onto the control zone, said control being divided into several steps, in which in each step it is provided to exert said control pressure on a respective portion of the control zone and which provides that each single container is subjected in sequence to each step during the forwarding thereof and the rotation thereof.

Abstract: Packaging article, made by means of a sheet of folding material, the article including a base wall, sidewalls connected with the edges of the base wall by folding lines. Two preferably opposite sidewalls include an extension flap, which protrudes from ends of the sidewalls and is connected thereto by a folding line. The extension flap folds, arranging itself in face-to-face relationship with a portion of the adjacent sidewalls. The packaging article includes connection means for fixing the extension flap on the portion of the adjacent sidewalls. The connection means include a male element and a female element configured in such a way that a portion of the male element, when inserted into the female element, protrudes towards the outside of the formed packaging article.

Abstract: Forming device for forming a layer of containers arranged as a quincunx which includes a conveyor belt configured to advance said containers according to a feeding direction X of the conveyor belt, an equipment piece bearing a plurality of partitions positioned parallel to said direction X, wherein said partitions divide the upper surface of the conveyor belt into a plurality of channels, each having a width such to allow the passage of a single row of containers, characterized in that the equipment piece further includes a series of feeding devices configured for dosing and releasing, in a controlled manner, the containers exiting from the channels, each placed at the outlet of each channel, and said equipment piece is movable according to direction Y substantially perpendicular to the feeding direction X of the conveyor belt.