A device for receiving pelletized stacks of sheet material end feeding the stacks into a packaging machine

摘要

A packaging machine feeding device, 1 comprising a gripper 8 mounted for movement in three mutually perpendicular directions and adapted to transfer stacks of packet blanks from a pellet to a station 3 for feed to a packaging machine, is characterised in that the loaded pallet is supported on pivotal plates 13 mounted on a fixed frame 5, 6 of the device, the plates being lowerable at the end of pallet unloading for releasing the empty pallet into an underlying removal location 16. The plates are provided with pneumatic actuators 15. IMAGE