| 摘要 |
<p>An orbital feeder for flat folded cartons (15), feeds the cartons from a stationary magazine (20) to a continuously moving conveyor (11). The magazine has a choke at its discharge end formed from parallel guides (141,142) which are spaced apart a distance less than the distance between the two folded edges of the cartons. A rotary carrier (25) is located adjacent the magazine and the conveyor. A plurality of planetary members (26), with attached suction cups (36) are rotatably mounted on the carrier. A fixed cam (30) cooperates with cam followers (2a) mounted on the planetary members to cause the planetary members to rotate on their own axes as the carrier rotates to pick up cartons from the magazine, open them and deposit them gently between transport lugs (12,13) on the conveyor.</p><p>The relatively simple feeder mechanism withdraws folded cartons from the magazine and deposits them erect on the conveyor quickly and efficiently.</p> |
