Package making – Methods – Group forming of contents into a unit
Patent
1994-02-08
1996-04-02
Larson, Lowell A.
Package making
Methods
Group forming of contents into a unit
53535, 53537, 53245, 53247, B65B 3530
Patent
active
055029493
ABSTRACT:
A dry fruit bin filler for rapidly filling fruit bins, including a continuous fruit infeed belt and a fruit distribution belt mounted below the infeed belt which reciprocates under the infeed belt to receive and distribute the fruit layer-by-layer in the bin. The distribution belt is coupled to a sensor which controls intermittent activity of the belt based on the position of a discharge end of the belt relative to the bottom of the bin. The distribution belt is activated when the discharge end reaches the bottom of the bin, and lays down a layer of fruit as the belt retracts from the bin. To facilitate the layer-by-layer loading, the bin is held in a rotatable bin holder. The bin holder incrementally rotates during loading, so that the bin is lowered incrementally by a distance corresponding to a height of the layer of fruit.
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Main Scott C.
Main Tim B.
Kim Gene L.
Larson Lowell A.
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