Case packer
US4541524A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 1983 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B21/183
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Case packer apparatus including endless driven conveyor, article gripper, and carrier bars for the article gripper which depend therefrom and where the conveyor has a downwardly extending reach connecting a pickup station to an article deposit station, the carrier and gripper being operatively connected to the conveyor as case packer groups spaced longitudinally of the conveyor, and where leading and trailing cross bars engaging rows of leading and trailing articles carried by each article group are present and where positioning structure for the cross bars secure them to end carrier bars of and/or to end portions of the carriages of the case packer groups in different manners.
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