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TRAY PACKING METHOD AND APPARATUS

  • US 3,601,952 A
  • Filed: 10/22/1969
  • Issued: 08/31/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of packing, in a continued sequence, a plurality of contents elements into a tray having front and rear walls comprising:

  • supporting a series of contiguous contents elements from their upper ends on a support means, guiding said series of contents elements along the support means to a station, conveying a line of adjacent trays to said packing station, pivoting said contents elements relative to each other about an axis in the plane of their upper ends generally perpendicular to their direction of movement thereby to separate said contents elements at their lowermost ends in the region of said packing station into groups above the front and rear walls of adjacent trays, and lowering in sequence the separated groups of contents elements into said adjacent trays.

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