Case-feeding unit in an automatic apparatus for packaging manufactured articles into cases and automatic case-feeding method relating to same

摘要

In an automatic apparatus for packaging compact discs into respective cases, the empty cases are arranged within a feeding magazine in a mutually superposed relation so as to form a vertical stack from the bottom of which the cases are individually removed for conveyance to the subsequent packaging steps. A new case stack is manually arranged on a platform located in front of an entrance side of the feeding magazine and, by means of a pusher member controlled by a fluid-operated actuator, the new stack is transferred into the feeding magazine so as to instantaneously replace the case stack previously in the magazine when the case stack is exhausted or the height of the cases in the stack falls below a predetermined level.