Shifting grid style packer with lane holdback
US4432189A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 1981 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B39/006
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A case packer has a grid with fixed lane guides to receive columns of articles in an array which can be isolated from articles on the infeed conveyor by upright posts on a shifting plate. The articles to be dropped are supported on a shifting grid which moves with the shifting plate up to a predetermined point where the plate and posts stop and the grid moves further and in a downstream direction to separate the articles being dropped from those held back by the posts.
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