Package making – Aids to manual packing – Power-driven conveyor
Patent
1984-06-07
1986-10-14
Coan, James F.
Package making
Aids to manual packing
Power-driven conveyor
56327R, A01D 6700, B65B 6700
Patent
active
046164685
ABSTRACT:
A moveable on-site harvesting/packing plant is built on a framework comprising a floor area and table area elevated above and extending transversely over rows of crop to be harvested such that the table area is to the rear of the moveable plant as it is towed along the crop rows. Pickers follow the moveable plant as it is towed and place harvested produce onto the table area. Extending transversely outboard from either end of the table area are inclined transverse wings, upon which harvested produce is placed and rolls onto the table area. Outboard of the table area on platforms are box assemblers who assemble boxes from stacks of flat cartons, sliding the assembled boxes along an overhead box rack toward the center of the packing table. In front of the packing table, standing on the floor area, are packers who take the empty, assembled boxes from the overhead box rack and place them into box supports which hang from the front of the packing table. The packers then fill the empty boxes with produce from the packing table, and then place the filled boxes onto a gravity feed conveyor which conducts them to a station where the filled boxes are sealed and moved onto an off-loading roller belt which gravity feeds the boxes to ground level. The moveable plant may be packed up and folded and then towed transversely to the direction of harvesting travel between harvest sites.
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Coan James F.
Gabriel Albert L.
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