Empty tube separating mechanism - has lowermost and next tubes in stack held by barrier and clamp respectively

摘要

The mechanism separates emply conical packing tubes stacked one inside the other and delivers them to a processing, and particularly a filling, machine. A chute (91) accommodates one or more parallel tube stacks, and its botten end has a barrier (5, 7) periodically supporting the lowermost tube (T1) by its cap. A periodically operating clamp (8-13) holds the free portion of the next lowest tube (T2), and below the clamp and above the rear end of the lowest most tube is an air jet nozzle. The chute can be an oblong metal angle section, and the barrier a hinging stirrup. The clamp can have jaws spring-loaded against the tube walls, and released by a solenoid.