Package making – Methods – Group forming of contents into a unit
Patent
1989-05-25
1991-01-01
Culver, Horace M.
Package making
Methods
Group forming of contents into a unit
53475, 53500, 53502, 53531, 53247, B65B 2504, B65B 3532, B65B 3546, B65B 3554
Patent
active
049810081
ABSTRACT:
A packing machine for tomatoes or the like has a rear portion with a low backline pressure conveyor arranged into plural lanes divided by tapered walls. The rear portion of the machine is reciprocated sideways so that bulk tomatoes entering the rear of the machine are distributed among the several lanes. Tomatoes are transported to a station where a paddle wheel with flexible arms prevents the forward progress of tomatoes until sensing apparatus determines that a plurality of lane positions are filled by tomatoes. Then a row of tomatoes are discharged through a front chute into a single layer carton. An escrow lane has entry and exit control devices which are responsive to a manually operated switch to add further tomatoes to the carton. The carton is at an incline and reciprocates back-and-forth so that tomatoes nest in a single layer, and are packed more densely thereby. The machine can pack by weight or by count.
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Deshich Carl D.
Ott Edward L.
Zavodsky James P.
Culver Horace M.
Restaurant Technology, Inc.
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