Package making – Methods – Filling preformed receptacle
Patent
1996-01-11
1998-08-18
Moon, Daniel
Package making
Methods
Filling preformed receptacle
53245, 53259, 53448, 53535, 53537, B65B 3530
Patent
active
057944156
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is disclosed for loading items, such as fruit, into a container such as a fruit bin with an open top face. The bin is transported on rollers to a tiltable cradle that grasps the cradle and tilts it to a loading orientation in which the bin face opens sideways. A wide endless belt conveyor positioned adjacent the cradle has a leading edge of the belt that shifts from a retracted position outside the container to an extended position projecting through the open face into the bin. The leading edge of the conveyor is retracted from the bin as the conveyor belt is running to deliver a horizontal layer of fruit from the conveyor surface into the bin. A height adjuster moves the cradle down (in the loading orientation) after the layer of items is delivered into the container, to provide clearance for delivering a subsequent layer of items from the conveyor. The leading edge of the conveyor is then extended again through the open face to deposit another horizontal layer of fruit on top of the layer that was already delivered. Extension and retraction of the conveyor is repeated until the bin is substantially filed with horizontal layers. Then the cradle is tilted away from the conveyor to return the bin to a transport orientation in which the open face of the bin is on top. The apparatus permits loading of fragile fruit into the bin with minimal damage to the fruit because the distance from the conveyor to the loading surface in the bin is minimized by adjustment of the bin height.
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