Patent ID: 6065586
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A spacing device for spreading stamped material during transfer from a stamping means to packaging line, the device comprising:a train of at least a first carriage and a last carriage, each carriage being mounted for movement along an axis, the carriages being coupled together to allow spacing therebetween upon movement of one of the carriages; anddriving means which when operated moves the first carriage in a direction along the axis;actuating means which includes a pivotable lever with a first end, a second end, and a pivot axis therebetween, said pivot axis being situated between the first and the last carriage on the longitudinal axis of a carriage train, said first end being pivotally linked to the first carriage through a single pivotable linkage, said second end being pivotally linked to the last carriage through a single pivotable linkage;wherein the driving means is a single driving means and the first carriage or the single driving means is operatively connected to an actuating means such that when the driving means moves the first carriage along the axis, the actuating means moves the last carriage along the axis in the direction opposite to the direction of movement of the first carriage, thereby spacing the train of carriages apart.