Patent ID: 6213185
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B65G,Y10T

Abstract:
An outsert feeder comprising:two cylindrical feed screw bodies in one of which there is a left hand axially extending helical groove and in the other of which there is a right hand axially extending groove, the bodies being supported adjacent each other for being rotatable about parallel axes with their grooves facing each other,corresponding first end regions of the respective grooves cooperating with each other to form an outsert infeed region and corresponding second end regions of the respective grooves axially displaced from the first end regions cooperating to form an outsert output region, rotation of the feed screw bodies about said axes causing an outsert that is deposited in the infeed region and is engaged by said cooperating grooves to be pushed to the end of the grooves at said output region, andmechanism for operatively coupling the cylindrical feed screw bodies to a power source to effect rotation of the bodies about their axes in opposite directions but toward each other, and,a conveyor for conveying objects including containers to which an outsert is to be applied in a predetermined path past said output region,a device for applying glue to said containers before they arrive in succession at the output region to provide for the adhesive to contact and adhere to an outsert at said output region and to withdraw the outsert from the feeder.