Patent ID: 6748984
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B31B,B65G

Abstract:
A supply apparatus for supplying spouts to spout holding members provided at equal intervals on a circumference of a rotor when said rotor, which rotates intermittently by an amount equal to said intervals of said spout holding members, stops a rotation thereof at a predetermined position, each of said spout holding members being comprised of a holding section that opens outward with respect to a radial direction of said rotor and holds a spout at a groove portion of said spout that is formed between flanges of said spout, said supply apparatus comprising:a pair of guide rails which engage with said groove portion of said spout, said guide rails being disposed so that end portions thereof face said holding section of said spout holding member at said predetermined position where said rotor stops said rotation thereof, a conveying device that conveys said spouts along said guide rails in such a manner that a preceding spout is separated from following spouts by a predetermined distance, and a push-out device equipped with a pushing pawl that pushes a leading spout, which is being conveyed along said guide rails, from said guide rails into said holding section.