Apparatus for bringing together a plurality of strings of lids to form one string of lids and/or for dividing one string of lids into a plurality of strings of lids

摘要

The apparatus has wheels or stars (12, 13, 31, 32, 33.1, ...) which are provided with pockets for the transport of lids and are to bring together a plurality of strings of lids to form one string of lids and/or to divide one string of lids into a plurality of strings of lids. So that this task can be carried out, irrespective of the magnetic property of the lid material, the wheels (12, 32, 33.2, 33.3) possess, at least in the case of some pockets (20.1, 20.2, 20.1', ..., 38.1, 38.2, 38.1', ..., 92.3, 92.3', 77.2, 77.2'), vertically controllable pins (52, 62, 78) which, in their highest position, grasp the lids (D) from inside on the shoulders. In so far as, as seen in a top view, the lids together with the pins (52, 62) cover a common travel segment, the control cams (57, 63) are arranged concentrically about the axis of rotation (39) and the pins (52, 62) have linear vertical adjustability (Figure 4). If only a theoretically infinitely short travel is available for the pins (78) to receive the lids, the pins (28) are partially arranged pivotably in an imaginery plane passing through the axis of rotation (81.2, 81.3) of the wheel (33.2, 33.3) and the control cam (87, 97) has different radii relative to the axis of rotation (81.2, 81.3) (Fig. 6). <IMAGE>