APPARATUS FOR STACKING FLAT ARTICLES, PREFERABLY BAGS MADE OF PLASTIC FILM

摘要

APPARATUS FOR STACKING FLAT ARTICLES, PREFERABLY BAGS MADE OF PLASTIC FILM Apparatus is disclosed for stacking flat articles, which are preferably provided with locating holes and preferably consist of bags, which have been severed from a tubular or semitubular plastic film web and have been closed by welding and are preferably received from a wicketer having pairs of transfer arms, which rotate about an axis. The apparatus comprises a stacking line comprising endless tensile elements, which are trained around reversing wheels or reversing rollers and are intermittently driven and provided with upstanding stacking pins or stacking needles, which are secured to carrying plates. Two stacking lines are provided and different tools for acting on the intermittently conveyed stacks are selectively provided and detachably secured to the frame of the apparatus.