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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1978
Filed:
May. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert William Davies, London, GB;
Peter Ernest Willett, London, GB;
Assignee:
Molins Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 91 ; 271101 ; 271106 ;
Abstract
In apparatus for feeding blanks for hinged lid packets, the blanks are supported in a stack by two pairs of pivotal claws which operate alternately so that at any given time only one pair of opposed claws supports the stack. A plunger device, having a central and two tiltable outer sections, engages the lowermost blank by suction and bends down opposite ends of the blank through a small angle, thus progressively withdrawing the blank from the stack. In a modification one pair of claws is replaced by fixed ledges, and a fixed finger is associated with each pivotal claw.