Feeder mechanism for a packaging machine
AssigneeMead Westvaco Packaging Systems, LLC
InventorsWilly Thierry, Lilian Joseph
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Abstract
An apparatus for sequentially manipulating from a supply point of a hopper carton blanks each having a contacting panel and for transferring the blanks to an in-feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises carton pick up means for sequentially engaging the contacting panel and for withdrawing from the hopper a blank. The carton pick up means is supported by a holder frame that is connected to a swingable collar structure to move the blank in a first direction transverse to the contacting panel of the blank in the hopper. The holder frame is slidably connected to the collar structure through rods to move the blank in a second direction transverse to the first direction to transfer the blank to the in-feed end for further processing.
Claims10
An apparatus for sequentially manipulating from a supply point of a hopper carton blanks each having a contacting panel and for transferring the blanks to an in-feed end of a packaging machine, the apparatus comprising carton pick up means for sequentially engaging said contacting panel and for withdrawing from the hopper a blank, wherein the carton pick up means is connected to a swingable collar structure by a holder frame and moveable in a first direction transverse plane to said contacting panel of a blank in the hopper, the holder frame being slidably mounted on the collar structure for linear movement in a second direction transverse to the first direction to transverse the blank to said in-feed end for further processing.
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