US Patent: 3,948,018 - Dual Conveyor Case Packer


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US Patent: 3,948,018

Dual Conveyor Case Packer

Patentee:

Edward F. Rowekamp (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

USPTO Classifications:

53/202, 53/247, 53/251, 53/497, 53/539

Tool Categories:

material handling : packing and packaging machines

material handling : conveyors and hoppers

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 30, 1974
Granted:	Apr. 06, 1976

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Description:

Abstract:

Apparatus for packing bottles in cases wherein bottles are marshalled in two parallel lines with a case conveyor between the bottle lines. A bottle transfer mechanism straddles the bottle lines and case conveyor, the transfer mechanism having at least one, and preferably more than one, bottle lifting head for each bottle line. The transfer mechanism operates the lifting heads in tandem so that while one head is lowering bottles into a case, the other head is lowering to grasp bottles on a conveyor line. The lifting heads alternate in picking up bottles from the conveyor line and depositing them in cases. The apparatus includes a roller chain conveyor mechanism to provide assurance of gentle handling of the bottles. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for forming plural lanes of bottles from a single file supply of bottles.