| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus for volume filling of storage boxes with discrete articles such as lemons in which a transitory fill box is provided with three sides, an open side to receive articles into the box at a level approximately that of the bottom wall of the fill box, the bottom wall being openable to deposit articles in a storage box in a gentle manner. Presence of articles sensed at approximately the bottom of the open side of the fill box cause the fill box to be incrementably lowered into the storage box so that articles entering the fill box enter at a level with minimum fall to the bottom wall of the fill box or to a previously deposited layer of articles. As the fill box is lowered a curtain wall closes the open side below the point of entry of the articles. When a selected volume of articles is collected in the fill box, the bottom wall is opened to deposit the articles at the bottom of the storage box, said bottom wall including bottom wall portions which are hinged to the fill box and when open lie in vertical planes as the fill box is raised to its uppermost position to collect articles for the next storage box.
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