Abstract: A translation device for can bodies consisting in a supporting group, on one end, a pushing element of the same and jointed on the opposite end, to a supporting structure and connected, in of its intermediate points, to crank movement mechanisms which allow the group itself to make a pendular trajectory which is alternatively positive and negative according to the advancement of the can bodies, between two opposite positions, one being the operative pick-up position of the can bodies and the other being the dropping-off of the same; a drive cam element is foreseen to act on the pushing element in such a way as to permit the same pushing element to carry out a rectilinear trajectory of can body engaging interference when it crosses the positive trajectory, and of non-interference when the pushing element crosses the negative trajectory.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for automatically forming piles out of strips exiting from a machine on which the said strips are produced, comprising at the top, a pair of parallel rods placed downstream with respect to the said cutting device, and supported at their ends by corresponding brackets connected to the base frame, the said rods being provided centrally with a support member for sustaining the packs of strips in a horizontal position and able to rotate, in opposite directions, in order to release the pack of strips which, once freed, falls, suitably guided, on to a collection pallet placed on a driven conveyor, located downstream of the machine, which continues to operate until a number of vertical piles of strips have been formed on the pallet, after which the pallet is sent towards a discharge station.