| 摘要 |
Disclosed is apparatus for counting and separating nested articles moving along a predetermined path. It includes a shaft which rotates and is adapted to be moved laterally along its longitudinal axis between a counting position and a separating position. A counting wheel is secured to the shaft and it has teeth about the rim. All the teeth have about equal height, but some are of longer breadth than others. With the shaft in the counting position, individual teeth engage individual article lips to count the moving articles. This rotates the wheel and shaft. Means monitor the rotation of the wheel and shaft and, when a given number of articles have been counted and when an adjacent "short" tooth and "long" tooth each engage article lips, these means move the shaft to the separating position. This disengages the "short" tooth from the article lip but maintains engagement between the "long" tooth and other article lips. Thus a predetermined number of articles have passed the wheel and have been counted. Means then separate the counted articles from the remainder of the nested articles while the shaft and wheel are in the separating position.
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