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Device for guidance of objects connected in strip form

  • US 5,375,391 A
  • Filed: 01/31/1992
  • Issued: 12/27/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for guiding a strip of connected straws to a position at which the straws are individually separated from the strip and applied to packaging containers, comprising a feed wheel having an outer peripheral surface and oppositely positioned ends, said feed wheel having a plurality of recesses formed in its outer peripheral surface for receiving the straws, drive means connected to the feed wheel for rotatably driving the feed wheel to feed the straws in a forward direction, a guide plate surrounding at least a portion of one of the ends of the feed wheel, and means for adjusting the position of the guide plate relative to the feed wheel in a direction along the length of the feed wheel.

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