Patent ID: 6837664

Claim:
An apparatus for removing articles from a magazine, comprising, in combination: a frame; a carriage mounted for rotation about a primary axis, with the carriage including first and second carriage shafts rotatably mounted to the frame about the primary axis, with each carriage shaft including a radial extension rotatable with the carriage shaft about the primary axis; a carrier attached to the carriage and mounted for rotation about a secondary axis having a first radial spacing from the primary axis, with the carrier including a carrier shaft extending between the radial extensions and alone the secondary axis; and a plurality of handlers attached to the carrier at a second radial spacing from the secondary axis, with the plurality of handlers being fixed to the carrier and rotating about the secondary axis in a same rotational position with the carrier relative to the carriage, with the carrier rotating about the secondary axis and the carriage simultaneously rotating about the primary axis to produce a reciprocating movement for each of the plurality of handlers in turn and disposing each of the plurality of handlers to remove an article from the magazine during one reciprocating movement and to place the article on a receiver during a subsequent reciprocating movement.