Patent ID: 8307611
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A strip-pack manufacturing apparatus adapted to attach an end part of an article to a strip, the strip-pack manufacturing apparatus comprising: a drive roller configured and arranged to be driven by a motor; a driven roller configured and arranged to rotate in contact with the drive roller; a holding part configured and arranged to hold the article and to transport the article from a receiving position at which the holding part receives the article, downward to a predetermined attaching position; first and second rollers arranged in the receiving position at which the holding part receives the article, the first and second rollers being configured and arranged to rotate while sandwiching the end part of the article therebetween; winding members configured and arranged to rotate the first and second rollers in association with the drive roller and the driven roller; a stopper member configured and arranged to control the position of the end part of the article that has been drawn by rotation of the first and second rollers to stop at a predetermined position; first and second supporting members respectively supporting the first and second rollers; and an adjusting part configured and arranged to move one of the first and second supporting members to pivot around a pivot axis that is parallel to rotation axes of the first and second rollers to adjust a distance between the rotation axes of the first and second rollers, the pivot axis of at least one of the first and second supporting members being a rotation axis of one of the drive roller and the driven roller.