摘要 |
The invention relates to an improvement in a machine for filling containers with single-piece goods, said machine having means (3, 5) for accumulating the goods on an openable bottom (4b) at a level above a conveyor (8) carrying a succession of empty containers (9) to a region underneath said bottom, means being provided for opening the bottom in order to deposit the accumulated goods quantity in the container. The arrangement comprises means (12) for raising the empty container from the conveyor (8) into alignment with the, as yet, closed bottom directly beneath said bottom, and adapted, upon receipt of the goods quantity by said container, successvely to absorb the momentum of the goods quantity, thereby to impart to the container a dampened downward movement back to the conveyor. |