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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
Anthony Rodney Moske, Parkers Prairie, MN (US);
Ronald Matthew Gust, Miltona, MN (US);
Anthony Rodney Moske, Parkers Prairie, MN (US);
Ronald Matthew Gust, Miltona, MN (US);
Douglas Machine, Inc., Alexandria, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus () loads product in the form of bags into a carton held at a tilt angle. The leading ends of the bags on an adjustment conveyor () are abutted by a bumper () to reorient the bags 90° on the adjustment conveyor (). The downstream roller () of a twist conveyor () is tilted to collate bags on a decline conveyor (). The collated bags are moved on an orientation conveyor () to engage a product scoop () extending at an inclined position and moved to a vertical position to vertically orient the bags. The orientation conveyor () is moved to an offset position to allow the bags to drop onto a lowerator () of an accumulator () where they can be sandwiched between retainer plates (). A pusher plate () pushes the bags off the lowerator () into the carton and is tilted to correspond to the tilt angle of the carton.