Patent ID: 6176165
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
Device (1) for feeding pieces of strip material (P) to a picking station (6), comprising:strip feeding means (3);a cutting unit (4) fed by said feeding means (3) for cutting the strip (P) crosswise into pieces of preestablished length;conveying means (5) for transferring said pieces of strip (P) from the cutting unit (4) to said picking station (6); andsynchronized actuating means for actuating the feeding means (3), the cutting unit (4) and the conveying means (5), wherein said conveying means (5) include a duct (13b) extending between the cutting unit (4) and the picking station (6), means for generating in said duct (13b) a pneumatic flow (21, 22) for the conveying of each piece of strip (P), and a device (32, 33, 34) for pneumatic braking of the piece of strip (P) during movement of the piece of strip produced by said pneumatic conveying flow.