Egg carton conveyor

Details Egg carton conveyor Egg carton conveyor

1974-08-05

1976-04-06

McGehee, Travis S.

Package making

Selective or alternate supply of plural covers and/or plural...

198198, B65B 3530, B65G 1542

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039480232

ABSTRACT:
A conveyor advances an egg carton to an egg receiving station located beneath an egg delivery conveyor which is arranged to individually drop eggs into the carton pockets until one row of pockets in the carton is filled. The conveyor then indexes the carton forward, allowing the succeeding row or a succeeding carton to be filled in a similar manner. The conveyor is arranged to carry cartons made of thin plastic material, such material being very flexible and resilient and requiring special support upon the conveyor in order to absorb the shock of an egg dropped into a carton pocket. The conveyor includes a plurality of spaced carriers with each carrier supporting one egg carton and with each carrier including a plurality of support posts projecting upwardly from the body of the carrier for supporting the carton so that each egg pocket in the carton is suspended above the carrier by a distance that exceeds the downward deflection of the pocket when an egg is dropped therein. The support posts are arranged so that each egg pocket is supported on each side thereof, and the support posts further provide lateral support for the carton thereby limiting the horizontal movement of the carton. A plurality of straps overlying the carrier between the support posts extend longitudinally of the conveyor and serve to support the trailing cover portion of an unloaded egg carton in order to prevent overturning of the carton on the support posts.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1681301 (1928-08-01), Maggi
patent: 2776528 (1957-01-01), Niederer et al.
patent: 3668048 (1972-06-01), Noguchi et al.
patent: 3722173 (1973-03-01), Noguchi

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