Apparatus for pressing workpieces of absorbent material, particularly tampons for feminine hygiene

摘要

Between a pre-shaping device and a pressing device for tampons there is interposed a delivery device. The longer parallel legs of the L- shaped pressing jaws are set at a distance which corresponds to the diameter of the tampon. The shorter legs of the pressing jaws are oriented towards the longer leg of the other pressing jaw. The width of the pressing jaws corresponds at least to the length of the tampon and of the withdrawal cord. The delivery device is arranged for reciprocating movement transversely of the pressing jaws and has a transmitting channel which corresponds to the opened pressing device as well as a receiving channel which corresponds to the closed pressing device. Also interposed along with the delivery device, and in alignment with the transmitting channel, there is a transmitting device, and there is also a transmitting device in alignment with the receiving channel and the ejecting channel. Behind the pressing device there is a cylindrical ejecting device which is movable in the closed pressing device for ejecting the tampon from the pressing device through the ejecting channel.