Container assembly for collecting pads, collector for receiving and collecting pads, punching device for manufacturing pads and method for collecting pads

A container assembly for collecting pads in a stacking direction,

• wherein the container assembly comprises an elongate shell extending along a collecting axis parallel to the stacking direction and extending in a circumferential direction about the collecting axis,
• wherein the shell comprises a top side and a bottom side opposite to said top side in the stacking direction,
• wherein the shell is open at said top side for receiving the pads in said stacking direction and along said collecting axis,
• wherein the shell comprises a first shell segment and a second shell segment extending along said collecting axis between the top side and the bottom side and movable relative to one another in a clamping direction transverse to the stacking direction,
• wherein the second shell segment is biased relative to the first shell segment to move towards said first shell segment in the clamping direction,
• wherein the container assembly further comprises a shuttle to be positioned within the shell for supporting the pads received therein,
• wherein the shuttle is configured to abut the first shell segment and the second shell segment of the elongate shell, and
• wherein the shuttle is movable in the stacking direction along the collecting axis.