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Apparatus for accumulating and stacking articles

US4344523A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1980
Grant dateAug 17, 1982
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Expiry dateApr 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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