摘要 |
<p>A machine to load frames with pallets carrying tins of food, ready for charging them into an autoclave for sterilisation uses frames without side walls which are loaded, one at a time, on a lifting jack. The pallets in the frame are raised by the jack into a store above, except the bottom pallet. This is charged with tins sideways from a table by a pusher cylinder. After each layer has been charged, the jack is lowered and another pallet is dropped until the frame is full. It is then pushed out sideways and taken to the sterilising autoclave. This plant eliminates all unnecessary transport operations. The frames weigh less and allow better access to the sterilising medium.</p> |