摘要 |
<p>A single gum stick wrapping machine includes a gum breaking mechanism for separating prescored slabs of gum into individual sticks. A transport mechanism, which receives the gum from the breaking mechanism and intermittently advances it along a horizontal path through a plurality of folding stations, includes a walking beam transport, which reaches into the breaking mechanism and extracts each successive stick as it is separated from a slab. Long seam folding operations are completed by a pocket wheel and an associated transport which delivers the sticks in stacked relation at a collection point at the discharge end of the machine.</p> |