Turret magazine assembly
US5472114A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B43/14
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turret magazine assembly which provides a constant supply of articles in a packaging operation. The turret magazine assembly has a rotatable feeding assembly having a plurality of tube receiving structures. A plurality of removable tubes are provided to receive and dispense a supply of articles. Each removable tube has a gate mechanism mounted at its dispensing end. A fixed feeding tube is provided having an inlet end and an outlet end. The turret magazine assembly has a control mechanism including an article flow detector to determine article flow. An indexing structure is provided which is operative on the rotatable feeding assembly and which is activated by the control mechanism. The indexing structure is constructed and arranged to successively align the dispensing ends of the respective removable tubes with the inlet end of the fixed feeding tube.
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