Patent ID: 6032435
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A device for introducing a sleeve into a case for a compact disc, the case being formed by a pair of shells, each shell having a complementary shape and the shells hinged together, the case being fed in an open configuration along a conveying line, said device comprising;a storage device in which said sleeves are stacked;withdrawing means for withdrawing a single sleeve from the storage device and for transferring said single sleeve to a substantially horizontal feeding surface located along a sleeve feeding line, the withdrawing means having a horizontal roller located below the storage device which rotates about a horizontal axis transverse to said sleeve feeding line and reciprocately translates, in a direction longitudinal to said sleeve feeding line;sleeve inserting means rotating between a sleeve gripping position, and an inserting position in which said sleeve is inserted into a case carried along said conveying line, said sleeve inserting means having at least one head carrying gripping means which grip said sleeve at said feeding surface, and fold-around means protruding from opposite sides of said head and inclined downward toward said gripping means for curving said sleeve, opposite lateral edges of said sleeve being folded around said fold-around means.