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US 12,752,942 B2Granted
Apparatus for products packaging
AssigneeHeat and Control, Inc.
InventorsJhonatan Monroy Oropeza, Andrew Anthony Caridis, Leopoldo Zarate Andrade
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AssigneeHeat and Control, Inc.
InventorsJhonatan Monroy Oropeza, Andrew Anthony Caridis, Leopoldo Zarate Andrade
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An apparatus comprising a conveyor with a conveyor belt and a series of stacking towers spaced along the length of the conveyor belt and secured to the conveyor belt. Each of the stacking towers has a chamber adapted for receiving fragile goods. A drive gear is coupled to the conveyor belt for advancing the stacking tower with goods in the chamber to a baler, which is configured to place a mouth of one of the plurality of empty packages over the stacking tower with goods in the chamber. The conveyor is configured so that further advancement of the conveyor belt by the drive gear causes the stacking tower to tilt so that the goods slide into the package and the package slides off the stacking tower, in each case under the force of gravity. Method for packaging fragile goods using stacking towers is provided.
An apparatus for use with a plurality of empty packages with respective mouths to package a plurality of fragile goods, comprising a conveyor with a conveyor belt having a length, a series of stacking towers spaced along the length of the conveyor belt and secured to the conveyor belt, each of the stacking towers having a chamber adapted for receiving fragile goods, a first drive gear coupled to the conveyor belt for advancing the stacking tower with goods in the chamber to a baler, the baler including an elevator placed collinearly with the stacking tower secured to the conveyor belt with goods in the chamber configured to place a mouth of one of the plurality of empty packages over the stacking tower with goods in the chamber, the elevator transporting a shutter that seizes the package by its mouth, and the conveyor configured so that further advancement of the conveyor belt by the first drive gear causes the stacking tower to tilt so that the goods slide into the package and the package slides off the stacking tower, in each case under the force of gravity, whereby the elevator facilitates precise collinear placement of the empty package over the stacking tower with goods in the chamber.
An apparatus for use with a plurality of empty packages with respective openings to package a plurality of fragile goods, comprising a movable conveyor belt having a length, a plurality of containers spaced along the length of the conveyor belt and secured to the conveyor belt, each of the plurality of containers adapted to receive one or more fragile goods, a baler including an elevator placed collinearly with each of the stacking towers secured to the conveyor belt with one or more fragile goods in the chamber configured to place an opening of one of the plurality of empty packages over the each of the plurality of containers with one or more fragile goods, the elevator transporting a shutter that seizes the empty package by its mouth, and the conveyor belt configured so that further advancement of the conveyor belt causes the each of the plurality of containers with one or more fragile goods to tilt so that the one or more fragile goods slide into the respective package and the respective package slides off the container, in each case under the force of gravity, whereby the elevator facilitates precise collinear placement of the empty package over the stacking tower with goods in the chamber.
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