Package making – Methods – Filling preformed receptacle
Patent
1990-02-06
1992-06-02
Culver, Horace M.
Package making
Methods
Filling preformed receptacle
53247, 53258, 53262, B65B 3912, B65B 3902, B65B 3538
Patent
active
051176114
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for packing closely-arranged articles into a receptacle includes a rigid funnel having inwardly sloping walls and a downwardly projecting flexible skirt means attached to the funnel. The flexible skirt comprises a plurality of flexible planar segments that project downwardly into the receptacle. The funnel and skirt are lowered into an empty receptacle, the articles are packed, and the funnel and skirt are lifted out. The skirt means avoids contact between the articles and the walls of the receptacle as the receptacle is being packed, thereby decreasing the potential for damage to the articles. The apparatus includes a switch that stops the downward movement of the funnel and skirt when the bottom edge of the skirt is adjacent the bottom of the receptacle.
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Acevedo Alfredo
Dossey Don
Heck Richard D.
Culver Horace M.
Del Giudice Paul
Koundakjian Stephen J.
Sunkist Growers Inc.
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