Abstract: A machine for wrapping a film to form packs containing single articles includes a conveyor transporting the articles, an aspirated conveyor belt arranged consecutively to the conveyor, a supply station feeding a film and arranging the film with a central part resting on the conveyor belt and with lateral parts projecting from the belt, a frame associated with the conveyor belt and tunnel-conformed for passage of the articles, and folder means for abutting the projecting lateral parts of the film and winding the parts about the tunnel-conformed frame to form a tube of film about the tunnel-conformed frame. A glue device applies glue on one of the two flaps of the film and heat welding and cutting means are activatable for clamping the tube of film and heat-welding and cutting the film to obtain an envelope containing the article.

Abstract: Forming a cardboard blank includes making two score lines on a cardboard sheet to define a central sector with three portions and two lateral sectors. Four cuts are made in a direction transverse to the score lines to form in one lateral sector a first closing flap and first and second reinforcing flaps and, in the other lateral sector, a second closing flap and third and fourth reinforcing flaps. The first and second closing flaps are folded at respective score lines, and one portion folded to cover a flank of an article on another portion so the first and third reinforcing flaps project. A third portion is folded to cover another flank and an upper article face so the second and fourth reinforcing flaps project. A band folds the first two reinforcing flaps towards the first closing flap and the third and fourth reinforcing flaps towards the second closing flap.

Abstract: A packing machine (M) and method for wrapping a sheet (P), in particular of shock-absorbing paper, around articles (A) so as to form bags (B) with means (4,5) for folding the said sheet around the articles and means (6) for gluing the said sheet to itself so as to create a sheet tube (TB) around the articles (A) and compression and cutting means (7), for sealing and separating portions of the tube by sealing and separating the ends upstream and downstream of the article, acting in cooperation with second glue application means (10) on the sheet at the cutting areas, located upstream of the sheet folding and gluing means.

Abstract: A machine for packaging articles (15, 15?) with a conveyor designed to feed a preformed carton (14) in a feed direction, the said machine comprising means (11) for placing an article to be packaged on the said carton and mobile article holding means (18, 19), which hold the article during placement, limiting the speed of the article to that of the carton, the said machine being characterised by the fact that the said placement means comprise a conveyor belt (11) for placement with at least one curved section (12), designed to convey the article along a curvilinear route, and an alignment station (34) designed to place the article on the said placement conveyor belt in a position that ensures the article is placed from the placement conveyor belt onto the carton in a suitable position, the said alignment means comprising a mobile undercarriage (35) which moves transversely to the article feed direction and a conveyor belt 37) on top of the undercarriage, which is designed to feed the article, while on the mobi

Abstract: Apparatus for making a cardboard strip for packaging includes a store for a stack of cardboard sheets, a gripping mechanism for picking up a sheet from the stack and positioning another sheet on a first support for the application of adhesive, and a transfer mechanism for transferring the first sheet to rest on the second support with an end portion having the adhesive projecting towards the store and towards a third support. The third support is disposable in a raised position to raise an end portion of a second sheet coming from the store and in a lowered position to lower the end portion of the second sheet and position it at the end portion of the first sheet. A pressor presses the two superposed end portions of the two sheets to fix the end portions to one another to form a cardboard strip.

Abstract: Machinery for packaging articles (15, 15?) in preformed cartons (18), having a conveyor (19) for making cartons travel with an article resting on top of the carton, partially enclosed by the carton, comprising a closing station, in particular having first folding means (24) designed to lift a first side wall of the said carton arranged transversely to the carton progress direction (A) so that it is positioned against the article, in particular towards the rear of the article with respect to the carton progress direction, characterised by the fact that said closing station may be moved parallel to the carton progress direction, wherein the closing station is integral to a sliding surface (20) which is parallel to the surface (26) of the machine on top of which the cartons travel. Packaging method using a machine as described above.

Abstract: A carton assembly machine for cartons (17) for packing articles (15, 15?), comprising means for feeding an unassembled carton in a feed direction, the said carton having a plurality of side flaps or panels (18, 19) whose folds are essentially parallel to the said feed direction folded onto a central portion (25) of the carton, the said machine further comprising a movable element (26) designed to move between a first position away from the route of the carton and a second position in which the said element is designed to be Inserted underneath, at an edge (27) of at least one of said side flaps or panels (19), so that the latter is raised with respect to the said central portion, in particular, in cooperation with the carton feeding.

Abstract: A device is described for directing sheets (2) which has at least two inlets for the sheets, a first inlet (A1) and a second inlet (A2), associated respectively to a first sheet infeeder line (L1) and a second sheet infeeder line (L2), and an outlet (AU) for the sheets. A support member is associated to the first inlet (A1) in order to restingly receive at least one sheet (2) which enters the first inlet (A1)) for transfer of the sheet (2) towards the outlet (AU). A guide and transfer element (D2) is associated to the second inlet (A2) for guiding at least an entering sheet into the second inlet (A2) and to transfer the sheet towards the outlet (AU). The guide and transfer element (D2) and the support member (S) are reciprocally arranged for conveying the sheets (2) towards the outlet along a common outlet direction (DAU).

Abstract: The device (1) comprises: a sliding plane (2) interposed between an upstream branch (RM) and a downstream branch (RV) of the line (L), destined to restingly receive articles (F) in transit between the branches (RM, RV); two drawing groups (3, 4), flanked and activated independently, each of which is constituted by a lower roller (13, 14) and an upper roller (23, 24) rotating in an opposite direction, which rollers are destined to adheringly engage with upper and lower surfaces of the flat articles (F); command organs (10) for activating the first and second drawing groups (3, 4), first in a same direction in phase relation with an entry of a flat article (F) arriving from the upstream branch (RM) and then in opposite directions in order to horizontally rotate the flat article (F) by a predetermined angle, and once more in a same direction in order to determine exit of the rotated flat article (F) towards the downstream branch (RV) of the transport line (L), in a parallel direction to the entry direction.

Abstract: In a conveyor for transporting and overturning flat objects, such as sheaves of paper or printed materials, a first ring-bound belt (10) is positioned above a second belt (20), which is also ring-wound, in such a way that an active branch (13) of the first belt (10) faces and is in contact with a corresponding active branch (23) of the second belt (20). The first belt (10) and the second belt (20) are subject to an axial torsion of 180°, thus exchanging their positions in such a way that the sheaves (2) which are inserted into an input section (30) exit overturned from an output section (40). Further, the first belt (10) is longitudinally staggered in relation to the second belt (20), in such a way that an upstream roller (11) of the first belt (10) is staggered in relation to a corresponding upstream roller (21) of the second belt (20), and that the downstream roller (22) of the second belt (20) is staggered in relation to a downstream roller (12) of the first belt (10).

Abstract: A conveying apparatus is capable of changing the forward motion direction (V1) of sheet articles (10) by means of a first rotating diverting member (4) situated above a lower active run (2h) of a second conveyor (2). The second conveyor is disposed at an angle (H1) with respect to the first conveyor (1) and the first rotating diverting member (4) is shaped like a cam with an active portion (4h) for moving the sheet article to the second conveyor without changing orientation of the sheet article. A third conveyor (3) can be added, at an angle (H2) with respect to the second conveyor, with a second rotating diverting member (5) for moving the sheet articles from the second conveyor to the third conveyor (3) without changing orientation of the sheet articles.

Abstract: An envelope filling machine for introducing sheets into envelopes includes a sliding surface, for transferring the sheets to an envelope filling station by means of pushing lugs, operated along the sliding surface. An envelope supplying conveyor supplies individual envelopes to the station placing them between vertical shafts of a pair of screws. The turns of the screws hold the sides of the envelopes and move each envelope downwards keeping the envelope separated from a subsequent envelope. When the envelope has come to rest on a conveyor belt placed between and under the screws, the lugs push the sheets into the envelope kept steady by movable stop strips yieldingly maintained by elastic means. When the sheets are fully inserted, the lugs push the envelope and force the movable strips to swing and let the filled envelope leave the envelope filling station.

Abstract: The proposed apparatus (100) for recognizing user identifying data, stored in a support, and for joining the support to a corresponding document containing personal pieces of information, to be sent to the user, is associated to a documents (D) feeding line (A), which includes: a magazine (10) for storing a series of supports (11). A plurality of reading devices (12) read and recognize the data stored in the supports (11). A work unit (L) is situated near the feeding line (A) and has a work surface (13), on which the reading devices (12) are placed The work surface (13) is rotated to convey angularly the reading devices (12), so that each of them is placed, for each complete rotation of the surface (13), subsequently in a positions corresponding to a first section (S1) and to a second section (S2) of the unit (L). First conveying means (T1) are situated between the magazine (10) and the first section (S1) of the unit (L), to convey the supports (11) from the magazine (10) to a respective reading device (12).

Abstract: In a machine for filling box-like containers with articles arranged side by side and vertically, a station (1) forms a row (11) of articles (10), overlapped at least partially. An article feeding apparatus (2), functionally interposed between the outlet section of the forming station (1) and a filling station (3), operates between a rest configuration (I) and a work configuration (A). When in the work configuration, the apparatus transfers the articles (10) from the outlet section into a box-like container (4), placed in the filling station (3), and directs the articles in a vertical orientation, to define a prefixed filling condition of the first container (4). A conveyor (5) supports the series of box-like containers and is operated, in step relation with the speed of feeding of the articles (10), fed by the articles feeding apparatus (2), so as to move the box-like containers in a container feeding direction (G).

Abstract: An apparatus for turning over piles of items, comprising a forming station (1), adapted for defining the above mentioned piles of items (20), each consisting of one or more items (10), and for pulling the piles towards a relevant outlet section according to a feeding direction (A); conveying means (2), adapted for receiving the above piles of items (20) from said outlet section and, in the order, conveying the piles according to a direction substantially equal to the above mentioned feeding direction (A), turning them over relative to a median axis perpendicular to the feeding direction and finally, conveying the piles according to a forwarding direction (B), substantially opposed to the feeding direction (A), into a receiving station (3), adapted for inserting the pile of items into corresponding envelopes (11).

Abstract: A device is associated to an automatic enveloping machine for superimposing sheets or packets of sheets. In the device a first belt conveyor group receives one sheet packet of sheets from a conveying line located upstream and conveys the sheet or packet of sheets along a first path, first raising and then going down, toward an outlet station. A second belt conveyor group receives a second sheet or packet of sheets from the conveying line and conveys the sheet of packet of sheets along a second path, first going down and then raising, having the same length as the first path, toward the outlet station. At the outlet station the sheet or packet of sheets coming from the first path is placed over the sheet or packet of sheets coming from the second path, to define a package.

Abstract: According to a method for packaging articles with a film of plastic material, a band of plastic film (6) is supplied to conveying means (5), while a strip of glue (18) is applied along a longitudinal edge of the band of plastic film (6) and zones of glue (19), regularly spaced apart, are applied crosswise to the band of plastic film (6). A series of articles (2) to be packaged are supplied to the conveying means (5), above the band of plastic film (6) in positions between the transversal zones of glue (19) and then the longitudinal edges of the band of plastic film (6) are folded to form a tube around the articles (2), so as to overlap the edges of the band of plastic film (6). The edges of the band of plastic film (6) are pressed to stabilize joining and the transversal zones of glue (19) are also pressed while cutting at the same time the band of plastic film (6) crosswise in portions located between the transversal zones of glue (19), in order to obtain single packages of articles (2).

Abstract: A machine for inserting sheets into envelopes, the machine includes sheets feeder means for delivering the sheets on an underlying sliding surface; lugging means disposed along said sliding surface and operated by a related endless conveying line to engage trailing edges of said sheets to move said sheets toward a sheet inserting station disposed along the sliding surface downstream of said conveying line, an envelope feeder enclosing a stack of envelopes, said envelopes feeder being situated beside said sliding surface and capable, of removing continuously single envelopes from the bottom of said stack and feeding each single envelope to the inlet of an additional conveying line, placing said single envelope arranged in such a way that the back wall of the envelope, to which the closing flap of the envelope is hinged, faces downwards, so that the opening for inserting the sheets faces upwards and backwards, with respect to the inlet of said additional conveying line, said additional conveying line extending