Patent ID: 6199680
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
A method of bunching and transferring press-through packs (PTPS) comprising the steps of:conveying a multitude of PTPS, a portion of which are inverted with respect to the conveying direction and the rest of which are not inverted, along a first conveying passage while maintaining blistered surfaces of the inverted and uninverted PTPS in parallel with each other;pinching a selected portion of PTPs being conveyed in said first conveying passage and separating the same from said passage;bunching the separated PTPs together while narrowing the spacing between the separated PTPs in the conveying direction;transferring the bunched PTPs onto a second conveying passage across said first conveying passage; andloading said bunched PTPs into a bucket provided on a bucket conveyor which travels along said second conveying passage.