APPARATUS FOR LOADING STACKED ARTICLE GROUPS INTO CARTONS

摘要

An apparatus (10) for loading stacked article groups (14) into cartons (16) in a continuous motion cartoner assembly (12). The barrel cam loading apparatus (10) or article group transport mechanism (24) is particularly suited to loading article groups that are unstable or whose articles tend to spin and kick articles out of the carton. The article group transfer mechanism (10) loads the stacked group by having the lower article group (36) lead the uppe r article group (40) which tends to make the articles tip backward into a stab le contact with the article group transfer mechanism, and by forming the upper article group into a nested configuration which has a thinner loading dimension and resists kicking out an article.