US 12,145,761 B2
Packaging line
Alberto Sacco, Bogogno (IT); and Massimo Rossi, Arona (IT)
Assigned to SPS ITALIANA PACK SYSTEMS S.P.A., Torrebelvicino (Vicenza) (IT)
Appl. No. 17/784,477
Filed by SPS ITALIANA PACK SYSTEMS S.P.A., Torrebelvicino (IT)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/061672
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/116924, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000023463 (IT), filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035824 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 65/00 (2006.01); B65B 23/14 (2006.01); B65B 35/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/32 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 65/006 (2013.01) [B65B 23/14 (2013.01); B65B 35/10 (2013.01); B65G 47/32 (2013.01); B65B 2210/02 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0205 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging line for products, in particular food products, comprising:
a conveyor belt having a longitudinal feed axis and carrying said products arranged in a plurality of rows orthogonal to said longitudinal feed axis,
at least one packaging machine for said products, and
at least one transfer device for transferring the products from the conveyor belt to said at least one packaging machine along a transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal feed axis, wherein the at least one transfer device comprises a linear motor including a closed-loop stator, and a plurality of conveyor units independently movable along the closed-loop stator and configured to receive at least one respective product,
wherein said conveyor belt comprises at least one inclinable portion located immediately upstream of an intersection with said at least one transfer device and provided with means allowing forward inclination of the at least one inclinable portion, wherein said at least one inclinable portion comprises an end pivoted about a transverse axis and an opposite end which, in a non-inclined configuration, is above the at least one transfer device and, in a forwardly inclined configuration, is adjacent to the at least one transfer device, and wherein said means allowing forward inclination of the at least one inclinable portion include an actuator member attached to a frame supporting the conveyor belt and having a sliding stem, a distal end of the sliding stem being articulated to an arm extending from the end pivoted about the transverse axis.