Package making – Depositing articles and arranging material in preformed... – With means to retard free fall of articles into receptacle
Patent
1992-12-14
1994-07-05
Bray, W. Donald
Package making
Depositing articles and arranging material in preformed...
With means to retard free fall of articles into receptacle
53250, 53502, 141 83, 141128, 141192, 177 53, 177123, B65B 510, B65B 3900
Patent
active
053256530
ABSTRACT:
A machine for filling fruit or other items into containers, and including a conveyor for feeding items to a location from which they are dropped into a container, with a member being provided near the discharge end of the conveyor for contacting the items as they fall downwardly from the conveyor and preventing or reducing damage thereto. The member may be actuable between an active position for contacting the falling items and a retracted position. The member may be inclined to deflect the falling items along an inclined path into the container, and is preferably cushioned. The mentioned conveyor fills the container up to a predetermined partially filled condition, with the final few items being delivered to the container by a second conveyor. The second conveyor is adjacent the first, and delivers items to the container at a second location along its path of movement, and is driven at two speeds to deliver items first at a relatively fast pace and then at a slower rate. The second conveyor preferably advances gradually upwardly relative to the first conveyor, and then gradually downwardly to its discharge end. The conveyors are supported by two support columns and are vertically adjustable relative thereto.
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Bray W. Donald
Green William P.
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