Device for forming a stack of blister packs and then inserting the stack, together with an instruction leaflet, into a carton
OwnerAlessandro Amarantiinventor
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Abstract
A device comprises a conveyor for moving blister packs to a stack forming station where a lift inserts the blister packs 2 coming off the conveyor into a magazine to form a stack of blister packs. Then a pusher moves the stack out of the magazine and into a drawer that receives the stack and that is provided with an outfeed opening which externally has a shape of a beak. The drawer is movable so that this opening comes into contact with an instruction leaflet positioned aside of the drawer and in front of an opening of a carton, while two strikers act in conjunction with the drawer for folding the instruction leaflet. Finally an ejector insert the stack together with the instruction leaflet into the carton.
Claims11
A device for forming a stack of blister packs and then inserting said stack, together with a leaflet into a corresponding carton, said device comprising:
- a conveyor for conveying blister packs, to a stack forming station where each of said blister packs is supported by a pair of guides;
- a lift that at said station moves a blister pack supported by said guides upward, inserting said blister pack into a magazine to form a stack of blister packs;
- a pusher which moves said stack of blister packs formed in said magazine;
- a drawer designed to receive said stack of blister packs and having an outfeed opening shaped like a beak, said drawer being movable to push with said beak-shaped opening on an instruction leaflet located aside of said drawer and in front of a corresponding opening of a carton for said blister packs;
- striker means located between said leaflet and said carton for folding, in conjunction with said drawer, said instruction leaflet;
- an ejector actuated synchronously with said drawer to push said stack out of said drawer and to insert said stack, together with said instruction leaflet, into said carton.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.