Abstract: A drinking-water dispenser comprising: a containment chamber for the water; a delivery device, which is designed to enable or prevent outlet of the water from the containment chamber so as to enable a user to draw off water from the dispenser; a connection device for enabling installation of a replaceable refill reservoir on the dispenser and for setting the dispenser and the refill reservoir in fluid communication; and a collector, which in turn comprises a substantially limp sac set within the containment chamber and connected in a releasable way to the connection device and to the delivery device.

Abstract: A method and device for filling a container with tablets; the device has a conveyor for feeding the container through a number of filling stations, at each of which is located a respective dispenser unit for dropping a predetermined number of tablets from the bottom end of a stack of tablets into the container.

Abstract: A method for producing blisters, strips, pouches, trays for vials and the like, obtained starting from at least one ribbon, comprising at least one step for providing a plurality of openings in said ribbon in predefined areas which are distributed so as to form between them a plurality of blanks which are designed to constitute the outlines of the blisters.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package for packaging food products, composed of an outer sheet made of heat-sealable material and of an undulated inner sheet. In a first step of the method, the two sheets are unwound from respective reels, so that the outer sheet forms two lateral borders left exposed by the inner sheet. By way of appropriate longitudinal movements of the sheets, the inner sheet is centered on the outer sheet so as to form, at their opposite ends, two transverse borders which are perpendicular to the lateral ones.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package for packaging food products, composed of an outer sheet made of heat-sealable material and of an undulated inner sheet. In a first step of the method, the two sheets are unwound from respective reels, so that the outer sheet forms two lateral borders left exposed by the inner sheet. By way of appropriate longitudinal movements of the sheets, the inner sheet is centered on the outer sheet so as to form, at their opposite ends, two transverse borders which are perpendicular to the lateral ones.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package for packaging food products, composed of an outer sheet made of heat-sealable material and of an undulated inner sheet. In a first step of the method, the two sheets are unwound from respective reels, so that the outer sheet forms two lateral borders left exposed by the inner sheet. By way of appropriate longitudinal movements of the sheets, the inner sheet is centered on the outer sheet so as to form, at their opposite ends, two transverse borders which are perpendicular to the lateral ones.

Abstract: A method for adjusting the position of a movable working member with respect to a stationary datum surface has steps of providing a packaging machine having at least one movable working member and a device for adjusting the position of the working member during a changeover operation, providing the device with a plurality of selectable stops connected to the stationary datum surface, the stops being of different length from each other, providing a sliding support supporting the working member whose position is to be adjusted, the sliding support being mounted on a guide located adjacent to the stationary datum surface and placing the sliding support in abutment with a selected stop to obtain a predetermined distance between the working member and the stationary datum surface and fixing the sliding support in this position until the next changeover operation.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the position of a movable working member with respect to a stationary datum surface has a plurality of stop stems, each stem being different in length from the others. A sliding support carries the movable working member whose position is to be adjusted, and is mounted on a guide perpendicular to the datum surface. The sliding support is to be moved until it goes in abutment on a selected stem so as to take a position in which a predetermined distance is set between the movable working member and the datum surface.

Abstract: A gripping device for cases is mounted in an automatic packaging machine and includes a pair of stationary prongs and an associated pair of counterfacing prongs which cooperate to clamp a case between them. At least the movable prongs have notchings facing the stationary prongs which are adapted to grip a side wall panel of the case.

Abstract: A method allows to automatically adjust a drawer conveyor in accordance with the size of articles to be transported, the conveyor running along a closed loop path and including transporting drawers comprising a pair of walls which define the dimension of the drawers. The method includes releasing one of the walls in a first section of the conveyor path, moving the released wall in a second section of the conveyor path, until it is positioned at a pre-set distance from the other one, and locking again the previously released wall in a third section of the conveyor path. The conveyor includes an operating station designed to carry out subsequently on each drawer the operations described above.

Abstract: A mechanism includes an adjusting device designed for changing the position of means for closing the cartons. The displacement of the closing means is made along a vertical direction in accordance with the height of the cartons, and requires a single adjustment action. The closing means comprise a folding member that folds a tab of the flap of each carton, a plate that acts as a guide for inserting the tab into a corresponding opening of the carton, and a pusher member that pushes the tab into the opening.

Abstract: A device for feeding sheets to boxing machines comprises a pair of endless flexible elements retaining therebetween the sheets to be fed to the boxing machine, a conveyor for the products to be fed to the boxing machine which supports a plurality of compartments uniformly distributed on it and open transversely to the movement direction thereof, a grip associated with each compartment, a driving motor effective to drive the flexible elements at a velocity greater than that of the conveyor and cam means to cause the grip to engage the sheets.

Abstract: A device for picking up semirigid sheet-like elements from a magazine comprises a rotating body supported by a horizontal and fixed shaft supporting a radial cam and at least one arm oscillating in a plane normal to the shaft and serving as a radial guide for a gripping member and gears effective to displace the gripping member between a position spaced from the magazine and a position near to it for picking up sheet-like elements.