Taping machine for parallelepiped cardboard boxes to be sealed along the sides

Claim 1

Taping machine comprising an operating and advancement plane for the boxes, first and second means for grasping the boxes which can engage the top and the bottom of the boxes, respectively, to cause the advancement of the boxes themselves along said operating plane, a vertically displaceable support for said first grasping means, first means for the adjustment of the vertical position of said vertically displaceable support, a pair of vertically and horizontally displaceable supports for taping units which can engage the sides of the boxes for the application of respective sections of adhesive tape along the junction slots between the folded sealing flaps of the boxes, second means for the adjustment of the vertical position of said pair of vertically and horizontally displaceable supports and third means for the adjustment of the horizontal position of said pair of supports, and further comprising means for the transmission of motion placed operationally between said first and second adjustment means so that every vertical displacement of said vertically displaceable support automatically implies a similar halved vertical displacement of said pair of supports.