The present invention includes a tape peeling mechanism provided with a peeling member configured to enter a leading end surface in a feeding direction of fed component supply tape made from carrier tape and cover tape so as to peel the cover tape from the carrier tape, enabling a component to be supplied from at a component supply position, wherein the peeling member is displaced upwards after entering the leading end surface of the carrier tape as the component supply tape is fed. Accordingly, cover tape is reliably peeled without damaging components, and changeover work on the leading end of the component supply tape is not required.

An apparatus is disclosed for applying tags with attached elastic anchor bands onto the tops of objects such as bottles in a high speed packaging application. The apparatus includes an infeed assembly for feeding a web, a conveyor assembly that receives a web and conveys it along a path in an upstream direction, a rotating selector wheel, a placement assembly, a pair of rotating jaw assembles, a vacuum cup of the selector wheel, and stretched elastic bands over the tops of respective bottles being conveyed along a path below the placing assembly. The elastic bands then snap onto the tops of their respective bottles to secure the tags to the bottles.

The invention relates to a system for preparing a radiofrequency identification tag for attachment to a support, the system comprising a placement device configured to place the tag on the support, the placement device comprising a displacement member that is movable between a loading position and a placement position, and a holding member having a configuration for releasing the tag and a configuration for holding the tag, the holding member being in the configuration for holding the tag during a movement of the displacement member between the loading position and the placement position. The system makes it possible to automate the placement of the tag for its attachment to the support, for example a textile.

A tape ejection guide structure (8) is a structure which guides ejection of a component storing tape (100) ejected from a tape ejection port (23) of a component supply unit (1A), and includes a guide body (81), and a pair of restraining portions (83). The guide body (81) guides an upper surface portion (100A) of the component storing tape (100) which is ejected from the tape ejection port (23) in a tape ejection direction (H2). A pair of restraining portions (83) is connected to both end portions of the guide body (81) in a tape width direction (H3) respectively, and restrains the displacement in the tape width direction (H3) of the component storing tape (100) which is ejected in a state where the upper surface (100A) is guided by the guide body (81).

A unit for applying opening devices to a web of packaging material at predetermined areas of the web arranged at a non-zero distance from one another along the web; the unit comprises a feeding group configured for feeding the web along an advancing path; at least one first tool, arranged at a first desired position along the path and configured to apply a first opening device to a corresponding first predetermined area arranged at the first desired position; and at least one second tool, arranged at a second desired position along the path and configured to apply a second opening device to a corresponding second predetermined area arranged at the second desired position; and a buffer portion arranged along the path, downstream of the second tool and upstream of the first tool, and configured to include and/or accumulate a web portion having a number of predetermined areas which is an integer multiple of the number of tools of the unit.

A device for automatic touch-free dispensing of disposable material onto a hand of an individual is provided. The device comprises a first spool configured to hold backing members having disposable material disposed thereon. The first spool engages with a first gear connected to a motor responsible for rotating the first spool to deliver the disposable material into the middle of an access window of the device. Preferably, the device is enclosed within a housing assembly.

In some implementations, a reeling device may receive material via a receiving end of a set of guiding blocks positioned around a reel. The set of guiding blocks are configured with an opening at the receiving end and with one or more inner surfaces configured to guide the material on a path around a surface of the reel. The one or more inner surfaces of the set of guiding blocks are arc-shaped to generally follow the surface of the reel. The reeling device may operate a motor that rotates the reel in a loading direction to facilitate loading the material onto the reel. The set of guiding blocks travel generally away from the surface of the reel based on the material being received and/or the motor operating in the loading direction.

There are provided a carrier tape supply unit that supplies a carrier tape storing components, and a carrier tape processing unit that pulls out the carrier tape from the carrier tape supply unit, forms the carrier tape into a roll shape, and stores the carrier tape in a case. Further, the carrier tape processing unit includes a roll body creating unit that includes a shaft member holding a tip end part of the carrier tape, and creates a roll-shaped roll body by rotating the shaft member to wind the carrier tape around the shaft member, and a shaft member extracting unit that extracts the shaft member from the roll body created by the roll body creating unit.

Apparatus and a method for transporting and positioning of balancing weights connected together to form a chain of balancing weights is disclosed. A drive means comprises at least a transport wheel and/or a transport belt. The drive means has at least one cam to interface with a gap between two adjacent balancing weights of the chain of balancing weights. Furthermore a cutter may be provided for cutting of balancing weights from the chain.

A method for arranging a material web on a core. The method comprises providing a sheet of material, arranging the sheet on the core such that a first end of said sheet is not attached but loose from the core, arranging a first end of the material web between the core and the first end of the sheet, and reeling and tightening the rest of the material web on the core, the first end of the material web locating between the core and the first end of the sheet during said reeling and tightening.