摘要 |
A method of and an apparatus for releasing of objects fed in a plurality of adjacent feeding channels to a transportation device with a feeding member passing in front of the terminal of the feeding channels, on which feeding member the objects are transferred to the latter in one row in series, which comprises the steps of releasing an object to the feeding member successively from each feeding channel terminal, starting with the last of the feeding channels seen in the direction of movement of the feeding channels. The feeding member is then advanced for a predetermined length from the movement of reception of an object from a feeding channel up to the moment of reception from an adjacent feeding channel. Finally, the transmission, after release of an object from the first feeding channel, of any further series of objects to the feeding member, until the object received from the first channel of the feeding member has passed the terminal of the last of the feeding channels is omitted. |