apparatus for forming groups of products, such as rolls of toilet paper or domestic, conveniently ordered.

摘要

An apparatus for forming ordered groups of products (2) such as rolls of toilet or kitchen paper, comprises: a supporting surface (3) for the products (2); power-driven chain conveyors (4) mounted above the supporting surface (3) and each equipped with pulleys (5), a track (6) or chain looped around the pulleys (5) and a set of pushers (7) projecting from the track (6). The apparatus (1) further comprises: a single pair of parallel guide rails (8) located on each side of the chain conveyors (4) and defining closed-loop paths lying in longitudinal planes (9) at right angles to the supporting surface (3); a succession of carriages (10) engaged with the guide rails (8) and bearing all the chain conveyors (4) in such a manner that they can move towards and away from each other; and means for adjusting the position of the chain conveyors (4) on the carriages (10) according to the size of the required group of products (2). IMAGE