Apparatus and method for packing articles in containers
Abstract
Abstract FOR PACKING BOTTLES OR OTHER ARTICLES INTO CASES, THE ARTICLES SLIDE FREELY IN A CONTINUOUS FILE DOWN AN INCLINED TRACK WHILE SUSPENDED THEREON, AND BENEATH THE TRACK OPEN CASES ARE BROUGHT BY A CONVEYOR INTO A PATH WHICH EXTENDS THROUGH A LOADING REGION TO A SECOND CONVEYOR FOR REMOVING FILLED CASES. TRAVEL OF ARTICLES IS INTERMITTENTLY ARRESTED ON THE TRACK TO RELEASE SUCCESSIVE GROUPS OF ARTICLES FOR FURTHER ADVANCE AND PROPER ENGRY INTO CORRESPONDING CASES WHICH MAY BE SUCCESSIVELY REGARDED OR STOPPED IN THE LOADING ZONE, THE FORWARD MOVING ENERGY OF THE ENTERING ARTICLES COACTING TO ADVANCE EACH CASE FROM SUCH ZONE TO THE SECOND CONVEYOR WHILE DESCENT OF ARTICLES INTO THE CASE IS COMPLETED. A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL TRACKS EACH WITH ARTICLE-COUNTING ARRESTING MEANS SERVES FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY FILLING PARALLEL ROWS IN EACH CASE. THE APPARATUS PROVIDES RAPID, ESSENTIALLY CONTINUOUS, LOADING OPERATION WHILE INSURING ENTRY OF ARTICLE GROUPS INTO THE CASES AND IF DESIRED, PROPER DEPOSIT OF ARTICLES INTO INTERNAL POCKETS OF EACH CASE, IN A SELF-SYNCHRONIZING MANNER WITH SIMPLE MECHANISM.
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- 👤 Carlos Anglade Jr
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