Patent ID: 6592116
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for handling blanks, in particular revenue stamps for cigarette packs, namely for supplying and for feeding the same to a processing subassembly or to a cigarette pack, the apparatus comprising:a rotatable carousel; a plurality of collecting shafts provided on the rotatable carousel, the collecting shafts having blanks therein stacked one above the other, the collecting shafts being vertically displaceable, each collecting shaft having an upper initial position on the rotatable carousel; a fixed base shaft over which the collecting shafts can be positioned, one at a time, by virtue of the rotatable carousel; and a blank conveyor for removing the blanks individually in succession from a lower end of the fixed base shaft; wherein the blank conveyor removes the blanks from the fixed base shaft when a respective collecting shaft is positioned over the fixed base shaft, and when the respective collecting shaft is vertically displaced from the upper initial position to a lower position, at which lower position the respective collection shaft physically communicates with the fixed base shaft.