Abstract: An improved machine is disclosed for stacking a plurality of flat objects. The improved machine for stacking is suitable for use with a packaging machine such as a shrink wrap packaging machine for packaging the plurality of flat objects with a heat shrinkable film. An input conveyor individually conveys each of the plurality of flat objects to the stacker. The stacker forms a vertical stack of the flat objects from the plurality of flat objects. The stacker may be used in conjunction with a wrapper to form the heat shrinkable film into a film tube with the vertical stack of flat objects disposed therein. An input oven transport transfers the vertical stack of flat objects to a heat shrink oven to form a heat shrink package thereby. The invention is also incorporated into a shrink wrap package having an electrostatic seal enabling an operator to twist the heat shrink package to fracture the electrostatic seal for removing the stack of flat objects therefrom.

Abstract: A display package for a circular saw blade or similar article having an aperture including a paperboard display card upon which is mounted the blade or article by means of a deformable connecting member which is reusable so that the package is also used for storage of the blade or article. The display card is provided with a pocket or pouch in which a portion of the blade or article is inserted such that an area of descriptive information is visible to a perspective purchaser. A length of protective material such as clear split plastic tubing is wrapped around the periphery of the blade or article to cover at least a portion of the saw blade teeth, and a layer of shrink-wrap is applied over the entire package.

Abstract: Automatic panel placer having a rotary table upon which cardboard sleeves and trays are placed to form a combined sleeve and tray. The rotary table is advanced about its center through a plurality of station positions where a sleeve is first placed upon the table followed by placement of and securement of a plastic tray on the cardboard sleeve.

Abstract: Fully automated apparatus and method for manufacturing compact disc holders having a central rotating table about which conveyor tables, rotary tables, placers and other devices align to interdigitate and load compact discs into disc bases, to mate disc bases containing CDs to packaging sleeves, to load booklets into the packaging sleeves, and to handle, glue, fold and otherwise form a package containing CDs and booklets or literature.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for grouping cookies, cracker, or other planar objects, and dispensing a group of said objects into a receptacle. A conveyor is provided which dispenses such planar objects into a substantially vertically-oriented stack. The height of the stack is controlled by providing a combination of a pressure sensor, which, through conventional circuitry, causes an object-supporting carriage to be indexed, depending upon the height of the object stack held by the carriage. Upon receiving a preset number of objects within the carriage, or upon a preset height of objects stacked being accomplished, the carriage is pivoted from a substantially vertical position into a substantially horizontal position, whereupon the group of objects is dispensed into a tray or other conventional receptacle. A dual-stack configuration is also contemplated.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for packaging a plurality of tape rolls of uniform diameter, each having a central core of uniform diameter a plurality of which are carried by a mandrel. The apparatus and method provides means for removing the aforesaid mandrel and for transferring the tape rolls thereafter to a conveyor which moves each roll seriatim into a magazine for stacking therein. The stacking apparatus provides means for lifting each tape in the magazine one tape width and for supporting and maintaining the lifted tape until the next tape conveyed into the magazine has also been lifted and supported and so on to create a prescribed stack. Thereafter the stack, or plurality of stacks created in the magazine can be lifted upon mandrels inserted into the core diameters of each stack, moved and inserted into cartons for shipment.

Abstract: Process and apparatus for assembly of an ecologically compact disc or media package where a trayed rotating table advances to process a packaging sleeve and place a compact disc or media package on a processed packaging sleeve. A packaging sleeve is placed in a tray on one rotating table and subsequently a pamphlet is glued to the packaging sleeve. A one-piece compact disc or media base on another rotating table is placed on the awaiting packaging sleeve. An end cap can then be separated from the base. The packaging sleeve is secured by glue to the compact disc or media base and end cap. The end cap is either cut away or manually separated from the media base.

Abstract: A system for storing and transporting can end members comprising multiple tray units having multiple parallel rows of elongated compartments for receiving and supporting stacks of end members. The tray units are nestable and stackable one upon another to provide palletized loads of both empty and filled tray units. End loading and unloading apparatus is provided to enable simultaneous loading and unloading full tray compartments by simultaneous lateral movement of all of the stacks of end members between the tray compartments and a shuttle tray unit whereat all the stacks of end members are stored prior to loading and unloading of the tray unit. The shuttle tray unit is loaded and unloaded by stacking units of a lesser number than the number of tray compartments.

Abstract: A system for storing and transporting can end members comprising multiple tray units having multiple parallel rows of elongated compartment for receiving and supporting stacks of end members. The tray units are nestable and stackable one upon another to provide palletized loads of both empty and filled tray units. End loading and unloading apparatus is provided to enable simultaneous loading and unloading full tray compartments so simultaneous lateral movement of all of the stacks of end members between the tray compartments and a shuttle tray unit whereat all the stacks of end members are stored prior to loading and unloading of the tray unit. The shuttle tray unit is loaded and unloaded by stacking units of a lesser number than the number of tray compartments.

Abstract: An apparatus for packaging articles, such as can ends, in a sleeve drawn from a roll of continuous sleeve material is described. Means are disclosed for feeding the can ends to a packaging location, for segregating the can ends into package-size groups and for inserting the groups into the sleeves. The machine further includes means for feeding the sleeve material to the packaging location, means for retaining the sleeve material at the packaging location and means for clamping and severing the sleeve material to form an individual sleeve. Means for forming and sealing end-flaps on the contents containing sleeve is also disclosed.

Abstract: Fully automated apparatus and method for manufacturing compact disc holders having a central rotating table about which conveyor tables, rotary tables, placers and other devices align to interdigitate and load compact discs into disc bases, to mate disc bases containing CDs to packaging sleeves, to load booklets into the packaging sleeves, and to handle, glue, fold and otherwise form a package containing CDs and booklets or literature.

Abstract: Cookies (30) of uniform but irregularly shaped perimeter are received from the cookie oven in a horizontal as-baked attitude onto a first surface conveyor (19). As the cookies are passed to successive surface conveyors 920) and (21) operating at successively decreased velocities, the cookies are raised to an edge standing attitude abutting one another. Laser detecting means (24-26) are positioned above the conveyors (19-21), and measure the height of the edge stacked cookies and adjust this height by varying the speed of the successive conveyors (19, 20 and 21). A counting means (28) at the discharge end of conveyor (21) counts out a predetermined number of cookies to be placed upon the loader (16) for loading into a cookie tray (104), and a pair of separator blades (42, 43) separates these cookies on the loader from the cookies remaining on surface conveyor (21). A cookie tray (104) is positioned under the loader (16) by a cookie tray conveyor (18).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for conveying, classifying, and packing goods is disclosed. The goods move on a plurality of lanes to containers for packing. The goods move on conveyors to classifiers where goods outside a predetermined specification are discarded. Goods which meet the specifications move to a counter and retainer. A predetermined number of goods moves to a stacker in a cycle. The stacker moves within a set of spindles configured to receive the goods there between. A controller counts the number of goods stacked in the set of spindles. When a full count is reached the spindles rotate and the goods are placed into a box which is positioned proximate the spindles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a machine for packaging articles, such as can ends, in a sleeve drawn from a roll of continuous sleeve material. Means are disclosed for feeding the can ends to a packaging location, for segregating the can ends into package-size groups and for inserting the groups into the sleeves. The machine further includes means for feeding the sleeve material to the packaging location, means for retaining the sleeve material at the packaging location and means for heating and severing the sleeve material to form an individual sleeve. Means for forming and sealing end-flaps on the contents containing sleeve is also disclosed.

Abstract: An improvement is provided in an article handling apparatus capable of receiving a continuous flow of articles such as can ends and automatically counting and separating a stack of articles of a prescribed number disposed in a facewise stacked relation for delivery to a packing station or the like. The apparatus comprises an elongate trough for handling a plurality of can ends in stacked, facewise engagement, a counting arrangement for counting the number of can ends passing a predesignated location up to a predetermined number, and a mechanism for separating this predetermined number from the flow of articles upon the counting thereof and transporting the articles from said counting station.

Abstract: A coin count verifier having an elongated body with an abutment disposed at one end and a coin receiving trough extending longitudinally along one surface of the body, the coin receiving trough declines from the other end of the body towards the abutment, the abutment spans across and is integral with the coin receiving trough. The abutment is disposed an obtuse angle relative to the coin receiving trough and extends beyond the coin receiving trough.

Abstract: Apparatus for packaging a plurality of articles, such as ends for beverage containers, using a plurality of accumulating cages and a plurality of transfer cages to feed an accumulated plurality of container ends in succession into a packaging station wherein the accumulated plurality of container ends are positioned between portions of a first continuous strip of a flexible material permitting passage of at least a gaseous substance and a second continuous strip having a thermally reactive surface facing the first continuous strip and superposed portions of the first and second continuous strips surrounding the accumulated plurality of container ends are sealed together to form interconnected plurality of sealed compartments each having an accumulated plurality of container ends confined therein.

Abstract: A coin counter and wrapper loading device comprising multiple, inclined, semicircular coin-holding troughs connected by trough separator members, and attached to a trough holding frame. The troughs have a closed lower end, and an open upper end, a hollow ring guide being positioned at the latter end having flexible speculum fingers extending therefrom, outwardly from said troughs and parallel thereto. If desired, the guide rings may be detachably connected with the device, as for example, by insertion into a collar member attached to said troughs, or to the frame holding them.

Abstract: The process according to the invention relates to the packaging of lids cut out in a press combined with a stacker. According to the process, the guide rods of a delivery magazine are covered by a substantially cylindrical casing which simultaneously surrounds the stacked lids while at the same time immobilizing the stack transversely to itself with a slight clearance therebetween, the casing comprising support means for resting on the moving supports at the bottom of the stack of lids and stop means for retaining the bottom of the stack borne by the casing. The retaining means are optionally completed by one or more associated retaining means. The stack of lids covered in this way is then removed from the delivery magazine and the casing is sealed with caps which offer an added measure of protection.

Abstract: A machine for packing tablets into tubes, the machine comprising a filling station (6), a conveyor (2) with pushers to feed tubes intermittently to the filling station and, after filling, to carry the filled tubes away from the station. The filling station (6) includes at least three parallel, rotating rollers (7) arranged to be brought into contact with and rotate at least two tubes closed at one end, the rotating rollers having a specified inclination to the horizontal plane so that the open end of the tube is at a higher level than the closed end, at least two inclined chutes to transfer tablets from a tablet-making machine to the empty tubes, and one supply magazine connected to each supply chute, to raise the tablets to an upright position and transfer them from chute to tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine comprising an apparatus for assembling a container for an optically readable disc-shaped information carrier. The container comprises a bottom section, a cover section, a bottom insertion-card, a cover leaflet, and a tray. The disc-shaped information carrier is detachably retained in the tray. During assembly the bottom section serves as an assembly base. In order to load the disc-shaped information carrier into a tray without the remainder of the container, the machine is provided with an auxiliary bottom section which is secured to the apparatus and in principle has the same dimensions as a container bottom section, so that a tray can be placed in the auxiliary bottom section and after it has been loaded with a disc-shaped information tray, can be removed as a unit from the auxiliary bottom section.

Abstract: The apparatus for packing cylindrical stacks of a plurality of disk-like workpieces, particularly covers, positioned beside each other with equal numbers of workpieces, in a jacket made of wrapping paper has at least one receiving trough for the stacks and clamping rails movable laterally into a raised position and raisable and lowerable as well as movable toward each other associated with it for transferring the stack into a wrapping station provided laterally beside the receiving trough with drivable supporting rollers for the stack. At least one pressing roll running parallel to the supporting rollers is lowerable in the wrapping station to the stack and a longitudinally movable carriage is provided with a pressure-limiting contacting member for pressing the stack against a fixed support. A carriage-mounted cutter for cutting away the edge of the paper wrapped around the stack is located on the carriage.

Abstract: A coin stacking apparatus comprises a coin passageway for conveying coins edge-wise, one at a time, and delivering them horizontally. A stacking station is provided for receiving the coins delivered from the forward end of the coin passageway to stack them therein. The stacking station comprises a pair of coin stacking drums each of which has on its outer periphery a ridge providing a support surface for supporting the bottom face of each of the coins delivered from the coin passageway. The ridges on the coin stacking drums are arranged in phase and in the opposite orientations. Each of the ridges is of a spiral configuration raised forwardly in the direction of coin conveyance. A drive mechanism is provided to rotate each of the coin stacking drums in such a direction that the coin support surface of the ridges is inclined downwardly.

Abstract: Mechanism for taking stacks of hamburger patties from a bottom-fed stacker and depositing them within a container in stacked alignment.

Abstract: A coin stacking apparatus includes a conveyor for conveying coins edge-wise one at a time and delivering each of the conveyed coins in its horizontal position. A receiver receives the coins from the outlet end of the conveyor in a stacked condition. The receiver includes two endless belts running along the length of the receiver and cooperating with each other to form a coin receiving space therebetween. Each of the endless belts has a supporter extending therefrom. The supporter includes a surface on which the coins are to be placed. The surface is inclined upwardly and forwardly relative to the direction of the conveyor.

Abstract: A coin loader for loading a stack of coins including a base having a stacking end and a mounting end is provided. An arcuate trough inclined at an angle is affixed at the stacking end of the base. A pivotable mount which enables the mounting of a coin wrapper is affixed at the mounting end of the base. The pivotable mount pivots from a first position for mounting the wrapper and a second position for loading the coins into the wrapper. The arcuate trough includes two side walls to assist in positioning the wrapper.

Abstract: Three simply constructed plastic tubes form a time saving coin wrapping system. The first component is a clear plastic base used for holding a stack of similar coins. The second component is a transfer tube made of a resilient split plastic rolled sheet. This transfer tube is inserted down around the coins while in the base. Finally, a third component, a resilient plastic casing which holds a paper coin wrapper, is inserted in the top of the transfer tube. The entire assembly is inverted. The coins can now be removed neatly wrapped in the paper coin wrapper.

Abstract: A coin counting and packaging device in which a coin counting tube is precisely dimensioned so that a specified standard paper coin wrapper will just fit inside and accept the proper number of coins to fill the wrapper, the coins being fed through a loading cap which acts to sweep away any extra coins over and above the proper number, thus determining the correct count. While the coins are being loaded and counted they rest on a support pedestal projecting up into the coin tube from a base; when the tube is full, and raised off the base, the coins rest on a rim at the bottom of the tube. The coin tube has on its bottom edge a cam surface which cooperates with a mating cam on the support base, to raise the coin tube a distance such that the upper end of the paper wrapper may be pinched shut at the top of the tube, preparatory to removing the coin-filled wrapper.

Abstract: Several troughs, each having an open end and a closed end, are formed into a body. Each trough is sized to receive and stack a predetermined number of coins of a selected denomination. A movable member, coupled to the body, detachably holds several tube type wrappers. In response to movement in one direction, the movable member closes the open end of each trough. In response to movement of the movable member in the opposite direction each wrapper is aligned with a respective trough. As the body is tilted, the stack is guided into the wrapper.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coin counter and wrapper holder for use with conventional paper coin wrappers and to a method of counting and wrapping coins. The device includes a base from which pedestals project upwardly, each pedestal terminating in a circular end face. Each pedestal fits inside and forms a support for the lower end portion of a conventional paper coin wrapper of a specific denomination. Also mounted to the base is an upper wrapper support which has a U-shaped slot proportioned to fit around the outside of each coin wrapper. Each of the pedestals is proportioned so that the distance from its top surface to the top surface of the upper wrapper support is the same as the height of a stack of coins intended for a particular wrapper. The distance between the top of each pedestal and the base is arranged so that each coin wrapper will abut the base at one end and be flush with the top surface of the upper wrapper support at its opposite end. An accurate and speedy coin count is thus assured.

Abstract: A method for introducing a compact disk into a compact disk box which has a lower part and a lid joined together by a hinge connection characterized by inserting a booklet into the lid where it is retained by lateral noses extending from an inner surface of the lid, inserting a sheet of text material into the bottom part, inserting a tray onto the sheet of material and then inserting a compact disk onto the tray. The invention is also directed to an apparatus having a turret with a plurality of box holders spaced radially from the turret and with work stations with the same spacing so that as the turret is rotated through a segment of an arc it presents one work holder successively to each of the stations.

Abstract: A manual coin counting and packaging apparatus for quickly measuring the predetermined number of coins necessary to fill a paper coin roll wrapper of any denomination and for inserting the coins into the coin roll wrapper. The apparatus includes a transparent counting sleeve with indicia marking the proper height for a stack of, for example, pennies, nickels, and dimes. A packaging sleeve is also provided which includes a fixed diameter opening which can attach to the counting sleeve, and a variable diameter opening which can be easily inserted into a paper coin wrapper of any denomination. With the packaging sleeve completely inserted into the coin wrapper, the force of gravity may be employed to shift the coins out of the sleeve and into the paper wrapper as the sleeve is lifted out of the wrapper.

Abstract: Relatively flexible cookie trays are supported on a rotatable mount. The cookie trays are not solidly supported, but rather are supported along portions beneath, and in between, regions where cookies are to be received. As the trays are relatively flexible, it is important that, for soft cookies, no rigid or hard surface be encountered during the relatively high speed loading operation. In connection with this invention, a cookie separating device is used which includes a pair of fingers holding cookies back and releasing them individually at time intervals. Also included is a conveyor belt feeding directly and selectively to one of two conveyor belts, each conveyor belt being fed having a far end which directly loads empty cookie trays by moving upward or downward relative to the cookie tray as well as extending toward and away from the tray.

Abstract: A coin counting and wrapping device comprising a cylindrical coin stacking tube and a cooperating plug assembly. One end of the tube is open to receive coins and the other end has an opening of reduced diameter sufficiently dimensioned to prevent stacked coins from passing therethrough. The plug assembly is stepped to present a leading end dimensioned to pass through the reduced opening at one end of the tube and thereby raise a stack of coins accommodated in the tube. The plug assembly further comprises a cylindrical portion dimensioned to nest within a coin wrapper of paper or like material and terminating in a flared or bevelled surface adapted outwardly to flare one end of the coin wrapper and thereby facilitate insertion of the wrapper over a stack of aligned coins.

Abstract: There is disclosed a one-piece coin holder having a main cylindrical wall, an end wall and an opposite open end portion. The latter permits insertion or egress of a predetermined number of coins into or from the holder. The open end portion defines an inner cylindrical bulge with bevelled outer and inner edge faces, the latter merging with the inside surface of the main wall of the coin holder. The latter is made of slightly extensible material. The inner diameter of the main wall is greater than the diameter of the coins, but the inner diameter of the bulge is smaller than that of the coins, so that the latter are resiliently retained within the coin holder. The latter can advantageously account for coins of varying thickness, according to their wear condition, while maintaining exactly the same predetermined number of coins.

Abstract: Information storage mediums such as video discs are picked up by a pickup device and transferred one at a time to a storage position in which the video disc is placed on a disc rest. Casings stocked in a stocker are pushed one at a time by a casing pusher to the storage position. The casing is supported by a casing holder mechanism, retracted away from the storage position to allow the disc to be supported on the rest, and then displaced toward the storage position to let the disc be inserted into the casing supported on the holder mechanism. A completed assembly of the disc and casing is temporarily stocked, and a predetermined number of such stocked assemblies are discharged onto a discharge conveyor.

Abstract: An improved coin stacking apparatus serving as a preliminary means for a coin packing machine or the like is disclosed, wherein the improvement consists in that a predetermined number of coins are stacked in a stacking space as defined by a pair of endless belts located opposite to each other with the aid of coin supports fixedly secured to the inner portions of the endless belts. The coins to be stacked are delivered into the stacking space by way of a coin passage using a conveyor endless belt. Coin stacking is effected by way of the steps of receiving a coin on the coin supports as if it rides thereon, lowering them stepwise by a distance equivalent to the thickness of a single coin and repeating the above two steps until the predetermined number of coins are stacked one above another.

Abstract: A coin counting device is disclosed. The device has a base sized to receive the open bottom of a coin sorter. The base's top has vertical compartments (open at their ends) aligned with similarly sized compartments in the coin sorter. Coin receiving tubes, open at one end and placed in the compartments, extend through the base's top into the sorter. Tubes are sized to receive coins of given denominations in amounts needed to fill standard coin wrappers for that denomination. The base also includes tube retainers to keep the tubes in their compartments and a locking bar and a U-shaped encasement to lock all tubes within the base. When the tube retainers and lock are removed, a tube drops through the base's bottom. An open end of a filled coin receiving tube is placed in a compatibly sized aid which is lined with a standard coin wrapping paper. Stacked coins are then emptied from their tube into the wrapper.

Abstract: A combined coin counter and saver is disclosed which also provides for improved ease in coin wrapping. A tube of sufficient diameter to contain a column of coins is mounted on a base section containing a coin support which supports a column of coins at a height coincident with the top of the tube to provide a definite coin count. For example, the tube and post can be so sized as to support a column of 50 pennies when filled to the top of the tube. The tube is also of sufficient diameter to allow a coin wrapper to slide up and down over the coins. The tube section contains a push element at its base slideably mounted around the post such that when the push element is raised to its uppermost position, it raises the wrapper to produce an equal amount of unfilled wrapper extending on either side of the column of coins, leaving the column of coins undisturbed. This provides a fast and efficient method for coin wrapping.

Abstract: An apparatus for the automatic bagging of can ends which utilizes a common cam shaft to synchronize the operation of a series of cooperating features. A vacuum table with inclinable leaves, which is designed for vertical reciprocation, strips a bag from a magazine of randomly disposed bags, positions and opens the bag. A bag pick up and a bag horn assist in holding the mouth of the bag open for receipt of a stack of ends. The filled bag is automatically closed and discharged to a storage bin.

Abstract: An automatic system for accumulating, counting, stacking and bagging can ends. The system is designed to protect the end against damage by minimizing the handling of the end. An automatic dispenser counts and dispenses can ends to one of a pair of end stacks which are mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. The end stacks are indexed from a loading position to an unloading position where the filled stack is pivoted from a normally vertical attitude to a horizontal discharging attitude. Ends are discharged to an automatic bagging system for packaging and storage.

Abstract: There is provided a stacking cylinder for use in a coin handling machine. The stacking cylinder is provided at the top portion thereof with a guide member for guiding coins in a certain direction so as to prevent coins from interfering with each other and thereby to correctly stack coins in the stacking cylinder. The stacking cylinder is assembled by inserting a resilient metal sheet into a cylindrical recess formed inside of the cylinder body without adhesive.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically packing record discs comprises a record disc table adapted to receive thereon a record disc to be packed, an inner bag stock section disposed opposite the table and stocking therein a number of inner bags in stacked arrangement, a mechanism for holding the inner bag with its unsealed edge open, which mechanism comprises a pair of arm members adapted to enter at the uppermost inner bag in the inner bag stock section through the unsealed edge thereof and to support the inner bag at the opposite ends of the unsealed edge thereof, and a mechanism for moving the holding mechanism together with the inner bag toward the table. The moving mechanism draws the inner bag over the record disc on the table and in this way the record disc is in effect inserted into the inner bag to obtain a packed record disc while the record disc remains stationary on the table. The resulting package is thereafter inserted into an empty jacket.

Abstract: A coin counter and wrapper filler comprising a body having a hollow shank receiving coins, the lower end of the shank being tapered inwardly for reception in the upper end of a cylindrical paper coin wrapper, said body having a funnel attached at its upper end, said body having visibility means so that the quantity of coins inside the tank can be read against indicia printed on the shank, and a plug having a lower end extending across and engaging the lower end of the shank, the plug having an upper end portion of resilient nature which resiliently and removably grips the lower end of the shank, whereby the plug can be removed after coin counting for permitting coins to fall into the open top of a closed coin wrapper.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preparing a casing loaded with a plurality of articles such as small-sized electronic parts for use in the electronic industries, which ensures that the stored parts will be positively and stably aligned in the casing without the possibility of any play or disorientation from their regular positioning within the casing. The casing is provided with a single piece resilient element which is inserted into the casing, the resilient element being designed to resiliently expand against the inner wall surface of the casing to frictionally engage therewith. Thereafter, a plurality of parts are inserted one after another into the casing so that they become stacked in a serially aligned manner inside the casing against the resilient force of the resilient element, thus preparing a casing loaded with a plurality of parts therein stacked in a serially end-to-end resting state.

Abstract: A coin counting and packaging device is disclosed which comprises a tubular body having at its receiving end a semi-circular scoop and at its counting end a circular coin chamber to hold a column of coins. At the terminal end of the coin chamber a stopper means, which may be adjustable, is provided to support the coins in the chamber and to define a length of chamber for a prescribed number of coins to be counted and packaged. Standard paper wrapping tubes or wrapping sheets formed into tubes may be used in conjunction with the device for the purpose of wrapping the coins into a compact stack. The device of the present invention is most useful for counting and packaging coins without the necessity of counting the coins mentally prior to wrapping them, and reducing the dexterity required on the part of the wrapper to package them.

Abstract: A coin-stacking and counting device, for use with an open-ended coin wrapper, which can be used to manually prepare a stack of a predetermined number of coins.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method and apparatus for receiving a flow of can ends and automatically separating from said flow a stack having a predetermined number of can ends. The disclosure further includes apparatus for conveying the counted stack of ends to a bagging station wherein bagging can be effected either manually or automatically. In addition, the present disclosure relates to novel automatic bagging apparatus, as well as apparatus for receiving and storing the packaged ends from the bagging station.