Package making – Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further... – Layer – stack – or column
Patent
1995-04-10
1996-12-31
Coan, James F.
Package making
Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further...
Layer, stack, or column
53249, 53257, 53475, B65B 510, B65B 2110
Patent
active
055882846
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for continuously packing a plurality of articles into receiving cartons. A loading station is utilized in combination with a carton feeding queue for delivering a continuous sequence of cartons to the loading station. A mechanism is provided to transport the cartons along the carton feeding queue and to maintain at least the next successive carton in the queue in continuous longitudinal engagement with any carton at the loading station. An article orienting and delivery queue is employed for longitudinally aligning a plurality of articles in the desired longitudinal, end-to-end, and lateral, side-by-side, relationship. A slide portion of the article orienting and delivery queue is inclined to permit the articles longitudinally to traverse the slide portion and to be received at the loading station by gravity. A transfer device is provided at the discharge end of the loading head to support the articles as they continue to descend by gravity and engage the carton at the loading station. The descending engagement of the articles with the carton at the loading station as the articles move along the transfer device effects synchronous movement of the carton with the articles at the loading station to permit continuous deposit of the articles within the successive cartons. A flight mechanism is also provided longitudinally to space the articles on the transfer mechanism in a predetermined grouping for drivingly engaging the carton at the loading station and for depositing the articles in the carton as they traverse the loading station with a suitable spacing between the groups of articles in order to assure the desired engagement with the next successive carton entering upon the loading station.
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Hamrick Philip F.
Klover John M.
Coan James F.
Hamrick Manufacturing & Service, Inc.
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