| 摘要 |
Articles, particularly meat articles, are loaded into containers from apparatus which comprises two groups of beams (5, 7, 9, 11) and (13, 15, 17) cantilevered in a direction of article progression. The beams are moved to give a lifting and advancing action to the article. The movement of the movable beams is synchronised to provide for article movement in the desired direction. The terminal portions of both sets of beams are unconnected and spaced apart so as to provide a spaced relationship between the group of beams to permit the insertion of a container over the terminal portions of the beams. One embodiment has both sets of beams rotatably moved for horizontal and vertical movement with the movement out of phase so that the article is advanced by one set of beams (51) while the other set (53) retreats. Alternatively one set (51 or 53) may be stationary while the other set moves rotatably. Thirdly one set (5, 7, 9, 11) may reciprocate horizontally while the other set (13, 15, 17) reciprocates in a vertical direction. |
