UNIT FOR APPLYING OPENING DEVICES TO PACKAGES

摘要

A unit (1) for heat sealing opening devices (2) to sealed packages (3) of pourable food products, the unit (1) having conveying means (7) for feeding the packages (3) successively along a first path (P); supply means (35) for feeding the opening devices (2) along a second path (Q) to an application station (11) for applying the opening devices (2) to respective packages (3); heating means (40, 41) for heating the opening devices (2) prior to application to the packages (3); and selectively activated heat dispersing means (52) for dispersing the heat produced by the heating means (40, 41) in the absence of opening devices (2) at the heating means (40, 41).