Patent ID: 7128100
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for feeding articles to a blister band with a plurality of blisters for receiving articles and moved longitudinally in a forwarding direction, the apparatus including: a bottomless box-like container having width not exceeding the width of said blister band and situated close to and above the blister band; delivering means for supplying the upstream portion of said container, considering said forwarding direction of the band, with a quantity of articles such as to accumulate the articles on the surface of the blister band; agitating means connected to said container, downstream of said delivering means, for striking a part of the articles present on the band and push this part of articles in a direction opposite to the forwarding direction, sensor means for detecting, downstream of said agitating means, thickness of a layer of articles present on the band, and interacting with at least said agitating means to maintain a substantially constant, at a prefixed value, the above thickness of the layer of articles detected by the sensor means.