Cigarette transfer mechanism for packaging machine - has pivotally mounted carriers for filled trays arranged to descend onto magazine

摘要

The holder, e.g. (6) is turnable about a horizontal axis and supports two carriers (1, 2) for filled or empty trays. The holder moves one carrier with a filled tray from a first station to a second where the carrier deposits the filled tray, in inverted position, on top of the magazine of a packing machine, while the other carrier moves back from the second to the first station. The carriers are pivotable relative to the holder so that a carrier with a filled tray can descend on top of the magazine during the last stage of movement to the second station. The carrier with an empty tray is lifted above the magazine during the initial stage of its movement from the second station. The carriers have links which are pivoted directly to the holder or to a lever which is rotatable by an eccentric shaft.