Method and apparatus for loading containers horizontally

摘要

A method and apparatus for loading products into horizontally disposed containers is disclosed. The containers are presented sequentially at a loading station, opened, loaded with the product, and removed from the loading station. The containers are included as part of a web which is fed automatically from a supply magazine to the loading station where the containers are severed from the remainder of the web either by the impact of the loading assembly or the products being inserted. A novel method for bag separation is disclosed in which bag separation is effected initially and concurrently near the marginal edge portions of a web and thereafter sequentially inwardly toward a central point. A drive mechanism provides harmonic motion for the loading assembly so that maximum loading speed is attained without damaging the containers.