| 摘要 |
<p>Set-up open top bottle carriers (c) having apertured bottom walls are continuously supplied in series by conveyor means (17) to a loading station (LS) while bottles are moved continuously along a dead plate (25) having its outfeed end at said loading station. A plurality of positioning pins (28, 29) mounted on endless chains (30, 31) which are movable in synchronism with movement of the bottles along the dead plate are disposed below the outfeed end of the dead plate and arranged so that the positioning pins enter apertures (8) in the bottoms of the cartons thereby to ensure that bottles fed off the outfeed ends of the dead plate are dropped into the carton there-below. The bottles are guided during their downward fall into the carton by parts of the pusher means which moves the bottles along the dead plate and downward movement of the bottles is arrested by a cushioned stop due to engagement with the positioning pins which are yieldably mounted.</p> |
