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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1976
Donald L Butler, Ft. Myers, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a device which normally supports a plurality of relatively large receptacles thereatop in a stacked, nested relation to a receptacle carriage and dispenser frame. When the carriage and dispenser frame is actuated in a first direction, the stack is conditioned to permit the lowermost receptacle to be dispensed downwardly onto a support frame. Actuation of the carriage and dispenser frame in a second direction dispenses the lowermost receptacle onto the support frame which is simultaneously elevated to a position to be filled with a product such as fruit from a conveyor. Subsequent actuation of the carriage and dispenser frame in the first direction lowers the support frame to discharge the receptacle thereon onto the ground and simultaneously reconditions the balance of the stack to discharge the lowermost container thereof on the next operation of the carriage and dispenser frame in the second direction.