Patent ID: 8458995
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A method of loading a plurality of food items in multiple layers comprising: arranging first groups of multiple food items onto horizontal planar surfaces; displacing said first groups of multiple food items substantially simultaneously downwardly from a staging area into respective receptacles of an accumulating and storage area, each of the respective receptacles including a respective second group of multiple food items arranged side-by-side onto second horizontal planar surfaces onto which the first groups of multiple food items are respectively substantially simultaneously displaced so that the first groups of multiple food items are layered on the second groups of multiple food items to establish multi-layer groups of the multiple food items on said second horizontal planar surfaces, the multi-layer groups being separate from one another; displacing substantially simultaneously said multi-layer groups of the multiple food items downwardly by gravity into a receptacle in a packing area.