Packing machine
US5456563A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B21/183
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Empty bottle cases that are to have filled and capped bottles inserted in them and cases filled with returned bottles are simultaneously fed to the machine on individual conveyor belts. Filled and capped bottles are fed to the machine on another individual conveyor belt and still another conveyor belt conducts the empty returned bottles away. A plurality of bottle handling heads on which there are bottle grippers are driven along a predetermined path for gripping bottles in a sequence that involves removing returned contaminated bottles from cases on one conveyor belt and transferring the bottles to another conveyor belt for discharge from the machine while at the same time, capped bottles come in on a conveyor belt and are picked up by a head and transferred to another conveyor belt where they are inserted into the empty cases that are moving on a conveyor belt.
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