| 摘要 |
An infeed conveyor is provided for advancing upright articles in a plurality of lanes across a deadplate and into a lane defining grid as a result of line pressure from the articles advancing on the conveyor. Means is provided above each such lane for braking or holding back the articles on the deadplate so that discrete charges, or slugs of articles, can be formed in the grid. The grid is adapted to be retracted slightly, away from the deadplate, and to be rotated to an inverted position. Hinged doors on the grid are moved into contact with the upper end portions of the upright articles to hold them in the grid as it is so rotated. An empty packing case to be loaded is raised upwardly to receive the inverted articles in the grid, and the doors are then moved to their open positions causing the articles to drop downwardly onto the upwardly open packing case. Two embodiments of the invention are shown, one having a single grid, and the second having a double grid.
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