Packaging method and machine including conveyor for box

Abstract

A packaging machine including a conveyor device having first and second longitudinal guide rails, and a first and second series of carriages movably mounted for longitudinal translation along said guide rails, each carriage comprising a sliding guide member on the corresponding rail, said carriages being maintained at a distance from one another of the same spacing pitch corresponding to that between two adjacent stations of the machine, the carriages of the same series being able to move, via first drive means, between two positions, retracted and advanced respectively, which are spaced apart longitudinally by the value of said spacing pitch, the first and second series of carriages being coupled to one another so that their movements are synchronized and their respective carriages remain permanently facing one another, each carriage comprising a gripping member mounted for translational movement in a direction perpendicular to the advancement direction designed to grip a box.

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