Apparatus for consecutively discharging objects from containers
AssigneeMoba Holding Barneveld B.V.
InventorsHendrik J. Kattenbroek, Jan Plug
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Abstract
Apparatus for consecutively discharging objects from containers moving along a fixed path having a number of discharge points therealong. The apparatus includes a rotatable control sleeve extending along the path with a device arranged at each of the discharge points to cause passing containers to discharge consecutively. A driving member is provided to effect rotation of the control sleeve to a succession of discharging conditions and a further device is provided to prevent over advancement or run-back of the control sleeve with respect to certain discharge positions assumed by the latter. A further device is provided to permit the control sleeve to return rapidly to an initial operating condition on discharge of the last of a series of containers.
Claims9
In an apparatus for consecutively discharging containers, a driving means for a control sleeve provided with discharge stops, which driving means contains a rotatably mounted driving member, a coupling operative to transmit a driving torque from the driving member on the said control sleeve in one direction only, said driving member being connected to a device continuously exerting a torque on said driving member in said mentioned direction, a resetting device for rotating said driving member in the direction opposite to said mentioned direction, a release member for said resetting device being connected to said driving member and adapted to cooperate with said resetting device to activate to rotate said driving member a predetermined angle in said opposite direction and a means for preventing said sleeve to rotate in the said opposite direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.