Twist-wrapping machine
AssigneeTenchi Kikai Kabushiki
InventorHiroaki Fukusaki
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Abstract
A twist-wrapping machine comprising an aligner for aligning candies in compartments of a rotary disk, a takeout means having a pushup member adapted to pass through the compartments and take out the candy in an upward direction, a paper feeder which supplies wrapping paper on top of the candy so taken out, a fork means adapted to grip the candy and accompanying wrapping paper, a twister which twists open ends of the wrapping paper and a discharge means which ejects the twist-wrapped candy.
Claims12
A twist-wrapping machine comprising an aligner means for orienting a plurality of units of a wrapping load individually, a takeout means for taking out the wrapping load from said aligner means, a paper feeder for supplying a wrapping paper adjacently of the load taken out by said takeout means, a fork means for gripping the load and accompanying wrapping paper, a twister for twist-wrapping both free ends of the wrapping paper while it is so gripped, and a discharge means for ejecting the twist-wrapped load,
- said aligner means having a rotary disk adapted to rotate intermittently within a horizontal plane and equipped with holding apertures for accommodating the load,
- said takeout means having a pushup member adapted to move in a path of movement passing through said holding apertures and a pressor arm adapted to press down the load on the pushup member from above, and
- said pushup means being independent of said fork means and said pressor arm moving in association with said pushup means to eject the load in an upward direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.