Stack handling method and apparatus
US4648237A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B35/36
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided in order to handle a plurality of stacks, such as stacks of sliced food products including luncheon meats. Product stacks are stopped during their flow along a conveyor pathway, the stoppage being at a location for generally vertical alignment with an overhead picker head. The picker head grasps the thus positioned stacks and moves same to a location above and in general vertical alignment with a cavity of a packaging container for the stacks of sliced product, at which time the stacks are released, and the product stacks enter the cavities which are subsequently closed to provide finished packaged products.
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