Device for feeding, with the required orientation, substantially parallelepiped flat bodies comprising aspects of asymmetry, in particular cassettes for magnetic tapes

摘要

This invention relates to a device for feeding, with the required orientation, substantially parallelepiped flat bodies comprising aspects of asymmetry, in particular cassettes for magnetic tapes. The device according to the invention comprises a vertically extending tubular loader of substantially rectangular cross-section for a plurality of stacked flat bodies, an expulsion member for transversely push out the lowest stacked body, a chute for collecting and conveying said lowest body towards an outlet seat provided with orientation sensing structure, and a tilting member located at the inlet end of said chute and driven by said sensing structure to cause tilting of the pushed out body on one side or the other according to the detected orientation of the same body.