Device for inserting objects, especially blister strips, into folded boxes

Apparatus (10) for inserting items into collapsible cardboard boxes (2), the apparatus comprising a cyclically revolving first conveyor device (15) for conveying items to be packaged in a supply direction, a cyclically revolving second conveyor device (11) for conveying collapsible cardboard boxes (2) for receiving the items to be packaged, said second conveyor device disposed parallel to said first conveyer device (15) and operable to convey boxes in said supply direction, an insertion plunger (40) mounted for movement lateral to said supply direction, a covering tab (58) supported for movement up and down and lateral to said supply direction for insertion into and withdrawal from an opening of the collapsible cardboard boxes (2), said insertion plunger (40) and said covering tab (58) being operable to slide the items out of said first conveyor device (15) into the collapsible cardboard box (2) during a stationary phase of said conveyor devices (11, 15) and to be retracted into end positions that do not inhibit the motion of said conveyor devices (11, 15), said insertion plunger (40) being coupled to a first servomotor (32), and said covering tab (58) being coupled to a second servomotor (33) for vertical motion thereby and a third servomotor (34) for horizontal motion thereby, and a control means (60) for storing or calculating format-dependent movement sequences of said insertion plunger (40) and said covering tab (58), said first, second and third servomotors being controlled by said control means (60).