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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1987
Wolfgang C Dorner, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Michael A Hosch, Hartland, WI (US);
Mark C Wedell, Delafield, WI (US);
Dorner Mfg. Corp., Hartland, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for loading articles into a container. The articles, in the form of a side-by-side stack of small trays or boxes, are conveyed along a conveyor and are discharged into a bin, which is mounted for pivoting movement between an article receiving position, in which the base of the bin is located at an acute angle to the horizontal, to a discharge position where the base is disposed generally vertical. The stack of articles received within the bin is supported against a movable end wall, and clamping means is provided to clamp the stack laterally against a side wall of the bin, as well as clamping the stack against the base. With the stack clamped in the bin, the bin is then rotated to the discharge position and the movable end wall is moved to a release position. The bin is then lowered to lower the stack into a container, and on release of the clamping mechanism the stack is discharged into the container.