Package making – Tapered or headed articles
Patent
1976-11-24
1977-11-08
Spruill, Robert Louis
Package making
Tapered or headed articles
53160, 53166, 53202, 53246, B65B 508, B65B 510, B65B 3530
Patent
active
040569209
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is provided for loading a plurality of articles into a receptacle having parallel rows of openings each of which is adapted to receive a respective one of the articles. The apparatus comprises at least one loading station, and preferably two loading stations, each loading station including means for guiding and supporting the articles in a row parallel to and spaced above and laterally of a row of the openings to be filled with the row of articles. The guiding and supporting means include movable guide means for engaging the row of articles laterally. The apparatus further includes means for moving the movable guide means between a position in which the movable guide means laterally engages the row of articles and a position in which the movable guide means is disengaged from the row of articles. Moreover, there are provided carrying means for the row of articles, means for moving the carrying means into engagement with the articles thereby to provide support for and carry the articles when the movable guide means is disengaged from the articles and for then moving the carrying means with the row of articles carried thereby laterally toward and into vertical alignment with the openings of the row of openings to be filled with the row of articles.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2760318 (1956-08-01), Brenneck et al.
patent: 3054235 (1962-09-01), Edgerly et al.
Hamburg C. Bruce
Spruill Robert Louis
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