Apparatus for packing articles of fruit into boxes
US4203274A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 8, 1977 |
| Grant date | May 20, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B25/046
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Articles of fruit are fed to a receiving head, positioned in a predetermined pattern for packing, transferred in that pattern to a transfer rack which advances toward and pivots into a container to be loaded, and deposits the fruit in the same pattern. Apparatus for pivoting the transfer rack as it advances toward the container includes rotational members connected by a chain. Additional articles of fruit in a different pattern are deposited as a second layer by means of adjacent duplicate apparatus.
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