公开(公告)号：US20250128841A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-24

申请号：US18925566

申请日：2024-10-24

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Alan Armeni ,  Massimo Bovina

IPC: B65B19/22

Abstract: A grouping unit is described for a cartoning machine for the production of a package comprising, on the inside, a plurality of packs for smoking articles arranged next to one another and along a number of rows and an insert that supports the group of packs. The grouping unit is provided with an insert feeding assembly configured to feed, one after the other, the inserts along a first conveying direction; a pack feeding assembly for feeding the packs configured to feed groups of packs, wherein said packs are grouped along a number of rows of packs arranged next to one another and are fed in succession along a second conveying direction; a blank feeding assembly configured to feed the paper/cardboard flat blanks along a third conveying direction; a grouping assembly configured to receive the group of packs, the blank and the insert and wherein the insert is interposed between the group of packs and the flat blank and with the upper wall facing the group of packs and with a lower wall facing a panel of the flat blank defining a lower wall of the package; a wrapping assembly y configured to at least partially fold the flat blank and wrap it around the assembly formed by the group of packs and the insert so as to obtain a semi-finished package; and a pushing element which is movable along a fourth conveying direction and is configured to push the group of packs until it intercepts the insert, which is arranged with the upper wall in contact with the group of packs in the area of the grouping assembly, and to convey the assembly formed by the group of packs and the insert up to the area of the wrapping assembly.