| 摘要 |
Apparatus for transferring containers (1) between a conveyor (3), on which the containers are arranged in a single in-line formation, and a pallet (33), on which the containers are arranged in a plurality of stacked layers, each layer having an out-of-line formation, the apparatus comprising a station (21) for accommodating said plurality of stacked layers, each layer being in substantially said out-of-line formation, means (27) located at such station for adding or removing a layer of containers to or from the bottom of said plurality of stacked layers, means for feeding each layer to or from said station (21) in substantially said formation and means (5, 17) for converting the formation of said layer between an in-line formation and said out-of-line formation. |
