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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Applicant:
Frederick Lidington, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
Frederick Lidington, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 39/12 (2006.01); B65B 39/14 (2006.01); B65B 35/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is an integrated barrel loader/confiner apparatus useful in a cartoning system for shaping and inserting a product into a carton. The integrated barrel loader/confiner includes an endless confiner cam track and an endless pusher cam track. A confiner element is endlessly driven and cammed by the confiner cam track to align the confiner element with a product to shape the product in a manner suitable for insertion into a carton. A pusher element is endlessly driven and cammed by the pusher cam track to align the pusher element with the thus shaped product and a carton to drive the shaped product into the carton.