Apparatus for accumulating and stacking articles
US4344523A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 14, 1980 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/32
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for accumulating and stacking articles, such as sausages or other food products, in cylindrical shaped casings, includes a conveyor moving the articles in groups to positions where portions of the group are removed by a conveyor to positions from which they are further moved into a conveyor having carriages receiving a group portion as a lower tier of a stack thereof and subsequently receiving another group portion as an upper tier.
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