Automatic feeding method

PURPOSE:To take packaged deoxidizing material set by set out of a cassette and automatically feed them, by using a rotary disc equipped with suckers on the periphery. CONSTITUTION:Suckers 3 for vacuum adsorption are fitted on the periphery of a rotary disc 4 to take deoxidizing material 1 package by package out of a cassette 2. Each package is discharged to a guide 5 for feed in food conveyed on a conveyer. If the deoxidizing agent is metal such as iron powder, the suckers may be of magnetic type.