Bottle packaging and unpackaging machine
OwnerHenry H. Franzinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing a plurality of aligned containers from a conveyor and positioning them in spaced rows upon a supporting platform in a tiered arrangement. The containers are removed from the platform in the tiered arrangement and enveloped within a protective bag or like for storage purposes. The containers may be subsequently removed from the protective envelope and positioned upon the supporting platform from where they may be delivered in rows to a conveyor.
Claims7
A bottle packaging and unpackaging apparatus for use with a conveyor delivering bottles from a bottle-making machine to a bottle-filling machine, a plurality of spaced base members having vertically disposed leg members mounted thereon, a compartment having side and end members and supported on said leg members, an elevating platform positioned within said compartment, a pusher bar positioned on one side of said compartment for intermittently pushing in row form a plurality of bottles from said conveyor across a side of said compartment and onto said platform, a second pusher bar located on the other side of said compartment for intermittently pushing in row form a plurality of bottles from said compartment onto said conveyor, each of said pusher bars having a rocker shaft connected thereto for moving said pusher bars across said compartment towards the other pusher bar, a rotatable drive shaft carried by one of said leg members with means for rotating said drive shaft, and means connecting said drive shaft with each of said rocker shafts for intermittently moving said pusher bars towards and away from one another over said platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.