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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1988
John L Raudat, North Madison, CT (US);
Steven DaCunha, West Hartford, CT (US);
Standard Knapp, Inc., Portland, CT (US);
Abstract
Reusable plastic trays of the type adapted to transport large plastic soda bottles generally have cylindrical pockets for receiving the base of the bottle, and these pockets are uniformly spaced with respect to one another in each tray, and also with respect to adjacent bottles in adjacent trays at least when the trays are oriented in end-to-end relationship with respect to one another. This feature is one the present invention takes peculiar advantage of providing for orienting the bottles in two columns, and synchronizing bottle and tray movements so that the bottles can be lowered by their neck rings into the upwardly open pockets of the tray without necessity for periodically interrupting forward movement of the containers and of the trays in an improved continuous motion bottle packer especially suited for use with such reusable plastic trays.