公开(公告)号：EP0266411B1

公开(公告)日：1993-07-28

申请号：EP87903497.3

申请日：1987-04-20

申请人： MANVILLE CORPORATION

发明人： OLSEN, Peter Christain ,  CONFORTO, Peter Michael ,  CRAIGHEAD, Jimmy Ray ,  WOLF, David Leslie

IPC分类号： B31B1/78

CPC分类号： B31B50/00 ,  B31B50/78 ,  B31B2100/00 ,  B31B2120/30

摘要： A machine for feeding a collapsed beverage can carrier sleeve (12) to a flight bar conveyor (50) and introducing the sleeve in fully open condition to the pocket of the conveyor. After leaving the feed rools (36, 38) the collapsed carrier sleeve is moved through a fixed guide (48) by lugs (45) on a movable chain (46). The end flaps (18) on the upwardly facing side panel are held in place on the guide while the end flaps (20) on the downwardly facing side panel are moved downwardly by a fixed cam surface (106). The substantially opened sleeve is then either given a final kick by rotating arms (114) or is propelled by the feed lugs to accelerate it into the pocket while at the same time fully straightening and opening the sleeve. The carton dimension corresponding to the length of the pocket is the same as the length of the pocket, resulting in more pockets per conveyor length and permitting operation at slower conveyor speeds.