INFEED CONVEYOR FOR A FOLDING APPARATUS, FOLDING APPARATUS HAVING AN INFEED CONVEYOR AND PACKAGING MACHINE HAVING A FOLDING APPARATUS

Abstract

There is described an infeed conveyor (25) for a folding apparatus (11) for folding semi-finalized packs (4) containing a pourable product, the infeed conveyor (25) being configured to receive the semi-finalized packs (4) and to transfer the semi-finalized packs (4) to a folding unit (27) of the folding apparatus (11). The infeed conveyor (25) comprises a carrier (28) for the semi- finalized packs (4), a conveying device (29) for advancing the semi-finalized packs (4) on the carrier (28) and along a feeding path (R) and a control device (30) configured to control transfer of the semi-finalized packs (4) onto the carrier (28). The control device (30) comprises a support structure (32), one or more control elements (33) coupled to and protruding from the support structure (32) and a drive assembly (34) configured to advance the one or more control elements (33) along a conveying path (S) by driving the support structure (32). The control device (30) further comprises an actuation assembly (35) configured to selectively control a relative position of each control element (33) with respect to the support structure (32).

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