Patent ID: 6048158
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A device for withdrawing and opening cases in a machine for packaging compact discs and the like, each of said cases being formed by two shells of complementary shape hinged together along an edge to define a hinge axis, said device including:withdrawing means for withdrawing cases one by one from a storage device and for transferring each of said cases to a conveying line for supplying the cases to a packaging line, the cases being kept substantially vertical and lying in a vertical feeding plane while being transferred;a take over member for catching each of said cases when it is held by said withdrawing means, said take over member acting on said shells from opposite directions, when said case just withdrawn lies in said vertical feeding plane, for opening said case by rotation of said shells about said hinge axis, with said take over member being reciprocated in a direction longitudinal to said conveying line, between a case withdrawing position and a case release position in which an open case is deposited on said conveying line.