Package making – Selective or alternate supply of plural covers and/or plural...
Patent
1975-01-13
1976-06-29
Spruill, Robert L.
Package making
Selective or alternate supply of plural covers and/or plural...
53 61, 53248, B65B 508, B65B 2106, B65B 2116
Patent
active
039656500
ABSTRACT:
A machine for packing bottles and other containers in an underlying carton includes a packing station having a removable drop plate assembly for transferring the containers in groups from parallel side-by-side rows into desired packing positions in the carton. The drop plate assembly includes a plurality of drop bar assemblies disposed under and aligned with respective ones of the rows of containers. The drop bar assemblies each include a drive chain which frictionally engages the containers to advance the containers into predetermined pre-packing positions corresponding to the desired packing positions in the carton. After the containers have advanced to the pre-packing positions, the drop plate assembly is shifted so as to position the drop bar assemblies between the rows to allow the containers to fall into the underlying carton. Alternate links of each drive chain preferably have alignment tabs slidably engaged in channels in a central support bar included in each drop bar assembly to enable the drop bar assemblies to be as narrow as the drive chain. Power is preferably supplied to the removable drop plate assembly either by means of a spur gear having a beveled leading edge for meshing with a drive gear in the packing station, or by means of a motor mounted on the drop plate assembly.
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Miller Hydro Company
Spruill Robert L.
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