A method and apparatus for bunching press-through packs and for transferring these bunches

摘要

In a method for bunching together a predetermined number of inverted PTPs and uninverted PTPs into a bundle, and then transferring each PTP bundle to a bucket conveyor, a multitude of PTPs (1), a portion of which are inverted with respect to the conveying direction and the rest of which are not inverted, are conveyed along a first conveying passage while maintaining the blistered surfaces of the inverted and uninverted PTPs in parallel with each other. A selected portion of the PTPs being conveyed in the first conveying passage is pinched and separated from the same passage. The separated PTPs are bunched together while the spacing between the separated PTPs is narrowed in the conveying direction. The bunched PTPs are transferred onto a second conveying passage across the first conveying passage. The bunched PTPs are loaded into a bucket (57) provided on a bucket conveyor (50) which intermittently travels along the second conveying passage. <IMAGE>