Method and apparatus for transferring tubes into cartoner product buckets
US4261456A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 1979 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B35/24
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Method and apparatus for transferring tubes such as metallic tooth paste tubes from a tube filler to product buckets of a cartoner. Tubes are delivered by a conveyor to a tube filler onto the circumferential surface of a rotary drum which has at least one pocket in its surface. The pocket picks up the tube deposited on the surface of the drum and drops the tube into continuously-moving product buckets below the drum. Three gates are spaced along the conveyor to maintain a proper spacing of the tubes so that the tubes do not bang into one another and so that only one at a time is deposited onto the circumferential surface of the drum.
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