Abstract: The invention is a device which takes over articles from a main conveying line by which a plurality of prongs supported by a rotary drum situated under a slide surface of the main line, upstream of a relative intermediate outlet way, and operated in a phase relation with articles proceeding along the main line, so as to raise the articles from the slide surface, and transfers the raised articles to an intermediate outlet way by pushers movable longitudinally over the main conveying line.

Abstract: A device includes a pair of taping units disposed symmetrical to a conveying line, along which containers advance spaced out from one another by a spacing suited to allow insertion of the taping units therein at a taping station. Each taping unit has an operating head, movable in a direction transversal to the conveying line, and a pair of rocker means articulated to the operating head, suited to intercept a strip of adhesive tape, which extends from a longitudinal wall of the container located downstream of the taping station, and to diverge elastically in phase of insertion into the spacing, while cutting means, associated with the operating head are suited to cut the strip held by the rocker means and means for driving the cutting means are actuated when the operating head is inserted in the spacing.

Abstract: In a device for forming vertical piles of items, coming from a feeding line, a pair of conveyor belts set side by side, at the end of the feeding line translate the items downwards onto a plane disposed beneath, while a pusher moves vertically in order to push the items coming from the feeding line towards the belts; a frame is made to horizontally and vertically move to engage with the support plane, in a transfer phase, and to move beneath the plane, in a return phase; the frame is also suited to support a subsequent pile being formed during the transfer phase and to allow the descent of the pile being formed on the support plane during the return phase.