Package making – Methods – Group forming of contents into a unit
Patent
1995-04-18
1996-11-19
Sipos, John
Package making
Methods
Group forming of contents into a unit
53448, 53475, 53244, 53248, B65B 3530
Patent
active
055751342
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for loading a bin with articles such as fruit. The apparatus has a filling conveyor pivotable between a position within the bin to be filled and the top of the bin. The discharge end of the filling conveyor is maintained at an offset distance from the contents of the bin. The filling conveyor carries a plurality of resilient flaps pivotally mounted at one end thereof to the filling conveyor for movement therewith. The flaps successively carry rows of the articles along an upper run from a take-up end to a discharge end, at which end the articles are dropped off of the flap. A second flap, moving along a lower run in a direction opposite to the upper run, gently catches the dropped articles, and deposits the articles in the bin. Subsequent flaps moving along the lower run then sweep the deposited articles away from the drop location and toward to other end of the bin, allowing the articles to pile up at that end. The process is repeated until the bin is filled, a sensor detecting this condition causing the flow of articles to stop, and trigger the replacement of the now full bin with an empty bin.
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Ballew Stratton
Paradiso John
Sipos John
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