Feeding Method and Apparatus
AssigneeG.D S.p.A.
InventorsDavide Parazza, Luca Federici
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Abstract
A method and a feeding apparatus for feeding spacers for cigarette packs are disclosed, in which each spacer comprises a substantially rectangular flat body, the spacers being insertable in cartons for cigarette packs to space out packs with dimensions smaller than the standard dimensions; the spacers are stacked on a pallet that is positioned in a withdrawal station; the stacks of spacers are withdrawn from the withdrawal station and transferred to a respective hopper by passing each stack of spacers through an upper opening of the hopper, to then unload the spacers one by one through a lower opening of the hopper.
Claims7
1-7. (canceled)
An apparatus for feeding spacers for packs of cigarettes, said apparatus comprising:
- at least one withdrawal station in which it is possible to place a pallet loaded with one or more stacks of spacers;
- one or more hoppers each of which is configured to receive at least one stack of spacers coming from the withdrawal station, each hopper including an upper opening as inlet for a stack of spacers and a lower opening as outlet for a spacer;
- a transferring device for transferring each stack of spacers from the withdrawal station to a respective hopper passing the stack of spacers through the upper opening of the hopper;
- an unloading device for unloading the spacers one by one from the hopper through the lower opening of the hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.