Apparatus for feeding packages from a web of packages to a receptacle
US5239809A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/6579
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A web of variable shaped packages is pinch fed in a delivery path by an underlieing endless belt and an overlying endless belt, the latter having flexible tubes thereon which conform to the shapes of the packages. The web is thus fed to a cutting station where individual packages are severed.
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