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AssigneeStandard-Knapp, Inc.
InventorsJohn L. Raudat, Steven DaCunha
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Reusable plastic trays of the type adapted to transport large plastic soda bottles generally have cylindrical pockets for receiving the base of the bottle, and these pockets are uniformly spaced with respect to one another in each tray, and also with respect to adjacent bottles in adjacent trays at least when the trays are oriented in end-to-end relationship with respect to one another. This feature is one the present invention takes peculiar advantage of providing for orienting the bottles in two columns, and synchronizing bottle and tray movements so that the bottles can be lowered by their neck rings into the upwardly open pockets of the tray without necessity for periodically interrupting forward movement of the containers and of the trays in an improved continuous motion bottle packer especially suited for use with such reusable plastic trays.
Apparatus for loading cylindrical containers into trays that have cylindrical pockets to receive the containers and the tray pockets being uniformly spaced from one another not only within a particular tray but also between end-to-end trays, said apparatus comprising:
A method for packing cylindrical containers in pockets defined trays providing trays in end-to-end relationship such that cylindrical pockets in the trays are provided at a uniform spacing not only between containers in a particular tray but also between containers in adjacent end-to-end trays, said method comprising the steps:
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