Integrated barrel loader and confiner apparatus for use in a cartoning system
US7631472B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B35/205
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an integrated barrel loader/confiner apparatus useful in a cartoning system for shaping and inserting a product into a carton. The integrated barrel loader/confiner includes an endless confiner cam track and an endless pusher cam track. A confiner element is endlessly driven and cammed by the confiner cam track to align the confiner element with a product to shape the product in a manner suitable for insertion into a carton. A pusher element is endlessly driven and cammed by the pusher cam track to align the pusher element with the thus shaped product and a carton to drive the shaped product into the carton.
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