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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1976
John L Hirsch, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for packing pads such as disposable diapers in shipping cartons includes one or more carriages having receptacles or bins with two open sides and an open top. The carriage moves the bins between a loading position where a stack of diapers is pushed into the bin and an unloading position where the stack is pushed horizontally through a carton packing funnel and into a carton. The diaper stack is confined against shifting during carriage movement by two vertical bin walls and two fixed panels which partially enclose the open sides of the bins as the carriage is moved between the panels to the unloading position. When the bin is in the unloading position the stack is compressed by a vertical ram having a compression plate which enters the open top of the receptacle. After the stack is compressed a pusher plate moves horizontally into one open side of the bin and out the other open side to push the compressed stack through a funnel and into a shipping carton held on the funnel.