Method and apparatus for nesting bottles and other containers

Abstract

Abstract THERE IS DISCLOSED MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PACKING CONTAINERS IN A CORBON USING AN INVERTED CARBON TYPE OF CASE PACKING MACHINE IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS A NESTED ARRANGEMENT, IN WHICH THE ARTICLES IN ONE ROW ARE OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO THE ARTICLES IN THE ADJACENT ROWS A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF THE DIAMETER OF THE CONTAINER THE CONTAINERS ARE CONEYED BETWEEN SIDE GUIDES, WHICH PREFERABLY OSCILLATE, OVER AN UNOBSTRUCTED OPEN ARRANGING AREA ONTO A TITABLE PLATFORM. BY ASSURING THE STAGGERING OF THE CONTAINERS IN THE FIRST TWO ROWS CROSSWISE ON THIS PLATFORM, ALL CONTAINERS THEREAFTER INDEFINETELY REPEAT THE PATTERN OF THE FIRST TWO ROWS IF THEY ARE FORCED OF CROWDED TOWARD THE PLATFORM. ALSO PROVISION IS MADE FOR INITIALLY TILTING THE PLATFORM A SHORT DISTANCE TO FACILITATE APPLICATION OF THE INVERTED CARTON OVER THE CONTAINER ON THE PLATFORM BEFORE THE PLATFORM IS TILTED UPRIGHT TO UPSET THE CARTON.

Inventors

• 👤 Frank P Alduk

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