Sleeving system.

摘要

An automatic slide sleeving system in which a sleeve (12) containing a plurality of pockets is moved past a rotatable member (40) to which a vacuum is applied thereby drawing the sleeve (12) along with the rotatable member (40) to a position under a movable head (44) where a second vacuum is applied pulling the pocket into an open condition and thereafter through an actuator mechanism (25), the slides which have been previously moved into position from a slide hopper (30) by a shuttle (48) are moved in to the open pockets by a tongue pusher (22-24) after which the vacuums are removed and the rotatable member (40) rotated thereby enabling the filled pockets on the sleeve (12) to be collected.