US 11,987,454 B2
Assembly for transporting different types of articles of the smoking products manufacturing industry and relative plant
Luca Calzolari, Bologna (IT); Michele Ferrari, Bologna (IT); and Luca Federici, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 17/627,509
Filed by G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/056700
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/009707, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000011823 (IT), filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281693 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 47/51 (2006.01); A24C 5/35 (2006.01); B65G 21/14 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/51 (2013.01) [A24C 5/35 (2013.01); B65G 21/14 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0226 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transport assembly for transporting different types of articles of the smoking products manufacturing industry; the transport assembly (1) comprises: a first conveying system (2) for feeding first articles (3) of the smoking products manufacturing industry along a first conveying path (P1) to a first input station (4) of a first machine (5); and a second conveying system (6) for conveying second articles (7) of the smoking products manufacturing industry along a second conveying path (P2) from a first output station (8) of the first machine (5) to a second input station (9) of a second machine (10);
the transport assembly (1) is characterized in that:
the first conveying system (2) is configured to change the length of a first stretch (11) of the first conveying path (P1);
the second conveying system (6) is configured to change the length of a second stretch (12) of the second conveying path (P2);
the first conveying system (2) and the second conveying system (6) are mutually arranged so that the first stretch (11) and the second stretch (12) at least partially overlap one another and/or are side by side.