Turret magazine assembly

A magazine assembly to provide a constant supply of articles comprising:

• a) a rotatable assembly having a plurality of removable article holding structures;
• b) a feeding tube assembly positioned for alignment with said removable article holding structures;
• c) an activation assembly and a control assembly for indexing said rotatable assembly in alignment with said feeding tube assembly, said activation assembly including a pneumatic cylinder, a clutch and motor in driven communication with said rotatable assembly;
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• d) a closure mechanism positioned in each removable article holding structure.

A magazine assembly to provide a constant supply of articles comprising:

• a) a rotatable assembly having a plurality of removable article holding structures, each said removable article holding structure having a top end and a bottom end;
• b) a feeding tube assembly positioned for alignment with said rotatable assembly and said removable article holding structures;
• c) a control assembly for indexing said rotatable assembly in alignment with said feeding tube assembly, said control assembly including article sensing means constructed and arranged to signal when the article supply reaches a predetermined level in said feeding tube assembly;
• d) an activatable article retention structure positioned at the bottom of each said removable article holding structure;
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• e) an activation assembly to open and close said article retention structure of said removable article holding structures when each said removable article holding structure is indexed in alignment with said feeding tube assembly.

A turret magazine assembly to provide a constant supply of articles comprising:

• a) a rotatable assembly having a generally circularly disposed radial support structure:
• b) a plurality of removable tubes each being constructed and arranged to be fixed in said radial support structure;
• c) a feeding tube assembly positioned for alignment with said removable article holding structures;
• d) an activation assembly and control assembly for indexing said rotatable assembly to align said removable tubes with said feeding tube assembly;
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• e) activatable article holding structures positioned at the bottom of each said removable tube and being controlled by said activation assembly to permit articles to be dispensed from said removable tubes into said fixed feeding tube assembly when in alignment therewith.