Patent ID: 6357505
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B65C,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for delivering successive flexible commodities from a source to a conveyor which is spaced apart from the source, comprising;a suction generating device; a transfer member rotatable about a predetermined axis and having one air-admitting inlet; means for moving said transfer member between a first location at said source and a second location at said conveyor; means for rotating said transfer member about said axis relative to said moving means between at least one first position, in which said one inlet communicates with said suction generating device to attract a commodity at said first location and during movement from said first location to said second location, and at least one second position at said second location in which said suction generating device is at least partially sealed from said one inlet to thus enable said conveyor to accept commodities from said transfer member; and said moving means comprising a carriage which is reciprocable along a substantially straight path to thus move said transfer member between said first and second locations.