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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1992
John L Raudat, North Madison, CT (US);
Standard-Knspp, Inc., Portland, CT (US);
Abstract
Groups of articles are received from a conventional drop packer grid, into one side of a rotatable carrier that defines pockets for receiving the articles. Each pocket is defined by upright fingers that form funnels for each article. These fingers are resiliently deformed by a star shaped cam located alongside each pocket so as to close around each article and hold it securely while the carrier is inverted. A second set of pockets accepts a second charge of articles while the first charge is dropped into a case lifted into place below the carrier. This case can be so positioned while the fingers are closed to reduce the verticle height through which the articles are dropped.