SUSPENDED MODULAR PARTITION INSERTER

摘要

A packaging machine has a partition inserter (32) and selecting apparatus (34) suspended above a flow of articles (8) and mounted to an inner frame (40) which can be raised or lowered to adjust the spacing between the partition inserter and selecting apparatus relative to the articles. The partition inserter and selecting apparatus are mounted to the inner frame on guide rails (43) for lateral displacement to a position over a maintenance deck (90), and are releasably engaged to each other for maintenance access. The packaging machine preferably has three pairs of partition inserters and selecting apparatus suspended over the articles in staggered arrangement, and each pair is accurately positioned to a desired location with a semiautomatic adjustment system.