Improved method of, and mechanism for, feeding charges of articles on to carton-slides in carton-filling machines

摘要

490,748. Packeting-machines. ROSE, A. G., and ROSE BROS. (GAINSBOROUGH), Ltd. Feb. 19, 1937, No. 4957. [Class 94 (i)] Relates to machines for filling the slides of slide-and-shell containers. An endless chain conveyer 10 carries a number of slide holders 12, into which slides 38 are inserted in any convenient manner. When supported in the slide-holder, each slide has the bottom and ends 42 horizontal and two side portions 40 in a vertical position. Vertical magazines 44, 46 filled with packets P, are arranged at the side of the conveyer and at a distance equal to the pitch of the holders 12 of the conveyer. The conveyer is actuated intermittently by a Geneva-stop mechanism, and, during each pause, two packets, one from the base of each magazine, are thrust by plungers 48, 50 on to the slides in the holders opposite. The plungers are integral with a yoke 52 on a cam-actuated slide 54. Any number of plungers and magazines may be used, the travel of the conveyer chain being correspondingly increased. The machine may also comprise mechanism for inserting slides in the holders, for folding the filled slides, and for inserting them into. their respective shells.