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Method for drop packing small unstable articles

US4446672A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1981
Grant dateMay 8, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B21/16
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Small glass bottles of unstable configuration are drop packed in several stages to fill a packing case capable of holding a relatively large number of such bottles. Separate slugs of articles are formed to fill predetermined portions of the case in a method which permits use of a conventional drop packer grid.

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