FEEDER MECHANISM FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE

摘要

An apparatus for sequentially manipulating from a supply point of a hopper collapsed cartons having oppositely disposed face contacting panels and for transferring the cartons to an in feed end of a packaging machine. The apparatus comprises carton pick up means (12) for sequentially engaging one of the face contacting panels and for withdrawing from the hopper a collapsed carton. The carton pick up means (12) is supported by a frame (19) that is slidably connected to a collar structure (22) through rods (24) to move the blank in a first direction (X) transverse to the flow of cartons. The collar structure (22) is swingable about the shafts (26, 28) to move the blank in a second direction transverse to the first direction relative to a rotatable transfer mechanism, to transfer the blank for further processing.