| 摘要 |
<p>A continuous motion apparatus (A) and method are disclosed where discrete, successive slugs of articles (15) are picked up by pick-up heads (22, 24) revolving in a vertical plane path, and are transferred over a linear transfer section (26) of that path to a case packing station (18). A vertical motion mechanism (20) lowers the pick-up heads at the case packing station (18) to gently place the slugs into indexed cases (28) in a reliable manner. The slugs, pick-up heads, and indexed cases are fed at the same predescribed intervals and at constant speeds. The slug feeder (B) includes a slug converyor (10) and a slug metering section (12). The size of the slug may be easily adjusted by providing an adjustable metering block (124) carried in the metering section which moves in and out of the conveyor path of the articles to meter the number of articles in a slug.</p> |
