Sample inserter for carrier bag with strengthening sheet on upper edge - has sheet lifter with indexable insertion arm including securing head at forward end

摘要

The mechanism inserts goods samples in pockets under a strengthening sheet on the upper edge of a carrier bag of plastic sheet, transported horizontally along a production track. It has a lifting device (9) for the strengthening sheet (6), below which an insertion arm (10) is indexed forward. securing head (11) for the item to be inserted is mounted at the forward end of the arm. The head can be detachable from the arm, and it can have a shaping trough partly enclosing the item. The arm itself can be the piston rod of a pneumatic ram.