Automatic collator

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1977-04-28

1978-10-03

Spruill, Robert Louis

Package making

Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further...

Layer, stack, or column

53247, 214 1BT, 294 65, 294 87R, B65B 508, B65B 3538

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041176480

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a new and useful apparatus for efficiently collating flanged packages at a high speed and then positioning them in a packing carton. The apparatus comprises a collator head assmbly having a plurality of collator heads adjacent one another in a preset configuration. A plurality of air cylinders coupled to the collator heads move the heads in an inward-outward relationship relative to each other enabling collation of the packages attached to the collator heads. Means are provided to enable the collator heads to pick up packages in a preset configuration, transport them to a packaging carton and place them therein.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3300945 (1967-01-01), Grossi et al.
patent: 3374600 (1968-03-01), Rademacher et al.
patent: 3453802 (1969-07-01), Riddington

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