Feeding and coating device

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR FEEDING OBJECTS FROM A STORAGE STATION TO A GLUE-APPLYING STATION AND FROM THE GLUE-APPLYING STATION TO A DELIVERY STATION, A STORAGE RACK FOR RETAINING A STACK OF OBJECTS, A FEED PLATE SLIDABLY MOUNTED BELOW SAID STORAGE RACK, STRIPPING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FEED PLATE, THE FEED BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION AND A FORWARD POSITION, THE STRIPPING MEANS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LOWERMOST OBJECT IN THE STACK WHEN MOVING TO ITS FORWARD POSITION AND BEING SLIDABLE UNDER THE STACK WHEN MOVING TO ITS RETRACTED POSITION, THE STRIPPED OBJECT BEING SUPPORTED BY THE FEED PLATE WHEN MOVING FORWARDLY, DETENT MEANS MOUNTED AT SAID GLUEAPPLYING STATION AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID OBJECT TO DETAIN THE OBJECT AT SAID GLUE-APPLYING STATION WHEN THE FEED PLATE IS RETRACTED, A GLUE HEAD RECIPROCABLY MOUNTED AT SAID GLUE-APPLYING STATION BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION AND A GLUE-APPLYING POSITION, THE GLUE-APPLYING POSITION BEING SUCH THAT AN OBJECT RELEASED FROM SAID FEED PLATE WHEN THE LATTER IS RETRACTED WILL ENGAGE THE GLUE HEAD, MEANS CARRIED BY THE GLUE HEAD FOR APPLYING GLUE TO AN OBJECT DROPPED THEREON, A GRIPPER PLATE SLIDABLY MOUNTED BELOW SAID FEED PLATE FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN RETRACTED AND DELIVERY POSITIONS, A GRIPPER ON SAID GRIPPER PLATE MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND GRIPPING POSITIONS, THE DISPOSITION OF SAID GRIPPER BEING SUCH THAT SAID OBJECT PASSES THROUGH SAID GRIPPER WHILE APPROACHING SAID GLUE HEAD WHEN THE GRIPPER IS IN ITS OPEN POSITION AND THE GRIPPER PLATE IN ITS RETRACTED POSITION, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID GRIPPER TO ITS GRIPPING POSITION WHILE THE OBJECT RESTS ON SAID GLUE HEAD TO GRIP THE OBJECT, WHEREBY THE OBJECT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY SAID GRIPPER WHEN THE GLUE HEAD IS RETRACTED, AND MEANS FOR MOMENTARILY OPENING SAID GRIPPER WHEN SAID GRIPPER PLATE HAS MOVED TO ITS DELIVERY POSITION, WHEREBY SAID OBJECT MAY BE RELEASED AT THE DELIVERY STATION.