Douglas Machine Inc.

Anthony Moske

Ronald Matthew Gust

Product can be conveyed on a divider conveyor () in the same orientation or perpendicular to the orientation as when transferred from an input conveyor () as well as at different locations in the pack pattern to be cased by moving the divider conveyor () perpendicular to the conveying direction and/or by varying the conveying speed of the divider conveyor (). The divider conveyor () transfers product onto an upper containment plate () moveable to an inoperative position to transfer product to a lower containment plate () moveable to an inoperative position to transfer product to a table (). Product can be compressed between the table () and the upper containment plate () and can be pushed by a loader plate () into a case when the table () is in its lower position.

Apparatus and methods for loading product into cases

Apparatus () loads product in the form of bags into a carton held at a tilt angle. The leading ends of the bags on an adjustment conveyor () are abutted by a bumper () to reorient the bags 90&#xb0; on the adjustment conveyor (). The downstream roller () of a twist conveyor () is tilted to collate bags on a decline conveyor (). The collated bags are moved on an orientation conveyor () to engage a product scoop () extending at an inclined position and moved to a vertical position to vertically orient the bags. The orientation conveyor () is moved to an offset position to allow the bags to drop onto a lowerator () of an accumulator () where they can be sandwiched between retainer plates (). A pusher plate () pushes the bags off the lowerator () into the carton and is tilted to correspond to the tilt angle of the carton.

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Parkers Prairie, MN, United States of America

Anthony Moske