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Insertion machine with improved insert track

  • US 4,865,304 A
  • Filed: 03/25/1987
  • Issued: 09/12/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An insertion machine comprising:

  • a hopper wherein a plurality of items are storable;

    an insertion station whereat items are inserted into a packaging medium;

    a conveyor extending from proximate said hopper to said insertion station for carrying an item fed thereon along a direction of conveyor travel from said hopper to said insertion station;

    means for feeding an item from said hopper toward said conveyor wherein said feeding means grasps a front edge of an item proximate an imaginary line that extends from the front edge of said item to a rear edge thereofmeans for directing a fed insert toward said conveyor, said directing means comprising four item contactable members, said directing means being configured to pivot through a range of travel about an axis which is essentially parallel to the direction of conveyor travel so that during a portion of said range of travel two of said item-contactable members contact said item on each side of said imaginary lie to direct said item toward said conveyor.

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