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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1977
Filed:
May. 14, 1975
Willy Niemeyer, Natrup-Hagen, DT;
Helmut Simon, Lengerich, DT;
Windmoller & Holscher, Lengerich, DT;
Abstract
The apparatus is intended for use in conjunction with a rotary feeder having a stack magazine which contains packs of tube sections. The apparatus comprises pressure applying means acting on the tube sections, particularly in the form of laterally pivotally movable pressure-applying fingers, which bear on the uppermost pack of tube sections and are adapted to descend as the stack decreases in height. Actuating means are provided, which when the pressure-applying fingers have reached a position in which they are at a minimum distance from the suction rollers of the rotary feeder impart an outward pivotal movement to said pressure-applying fingers, raise them to an extent which corresponds to the height of the subsequently supplied pack or packs of tube sections, and cause the pressure-applying fingers to bear on said pack or packs. The pressure-applying fingers are removed from the stack in the plane of the tube sections upon which they press.