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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 drive gear coupled to the conveyor belt for advancing the stacking tower with goods in the chamber to a baler, the baler configured to place a mouth of one of the plurality of empty packages over the stacking tower with goods in the chamber, and the conveyor 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.
A method for packaging fragile goods, comprising placing fragile goods into a chamber of one of a series of stacking towers secured to a conveyor belt, positioning a mouth of an empty package over the stacking tower having goods therein, advancing the conveyor belt so as to cause the stacking tower to tilt and the goods to slide into the package and the package to slide off the stacking tower, in each case under the force of gravity.
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