Fuente: WIPO "tomato" There is described an infeed conveyor (24) for a folding apparatus (16), the infeed conveyor (42) comprising a main conveying device (36) configured to advance semi-finalized packs (5) along a main conveying path (S) and an auxiliary conveying device (37) configured to interact with the semi-finalized packs (5) along an end portion (S1) of the main conveying path (S). The auxiliary conveying device (37) comprises a plurality of interaction elements (38) configured to interact with the semi-finalized packs (5) for controlling an advancement speed of the semi-finalized packs (5) during advancement along the end portion (S1) and an advancement group (39) configured to advance the interaction elements (38) along one or more respective auxiliary paths (T). Each interaction element (38) forms together with another interaction element (38) a respective pair (46) of interaction elements (38), the interaction elements (38) of each pair (46) of interaction elements (38) being configured to clamp one respective flap (9) of a respective semi-finalized pack (5) between one another when advancing along the respective interaction portion (T1).