US 12,263,980 B2
Apparatus for the application of a film to a support
Giovanni Mondini, Cologne (IT); and Paolo Carlo Mondini, Cologne (IT)
Assigned to G.MONDINI S.P.A., Cologne (IT)
Filed by G.MONDINI S.P.A., Cologne (IT)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,682.
Claims priority of application No. 22174692 (EP), filed on May 20, 2022; and application No. 23169057 (EP), filed on Apr. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406556 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 31/02 (2006.01); B65B 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 7/164 (2013.01) [B65B 7/165 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for application of a film to a support, where the support is configured to constitute a part of a pack for packaging a product, said apparatus comprising:
a movement path with which an application station is associated;
a movement element, which is movable along the movement path and which, in use, is moved along the movement path;
a supporting element which is coupled to the movement element and which is movable with movement element along the movement path, the supporting element defining at least one housing for housing, in use, the support;
an application device which is associated with the movement path at the application station and which is configured to apply, in use, the film to the support when the supporting element is placed at the application station;
wherein:
the application device comprises the supporting element when the supporting element is placed at the application station, as well as a closing element and a contact element which are configured to associate, in use, with the supporting element placed at the application station;
the supporting element is interposed between the closing element and the contact element when the supporting element is placed at the application station;
when the supporting element is placed at the application station, the closing element and the supporting element are movable, at least one relative to the other, between an opening position, in which the closing element and the supporting element are uncoupled and spaced apart from each other, and a closing position, in which the closing element and the supporting element are coupled to each other to apply, in use, the film to the support;
the contact element provides a contact for the supporting element and supports the supporting element when the closing element and the supporting element are in the closing position; and
the contact element is fixed and stationary relative to the movement path and the closing element is movable relative to the movement path.