Patent ID: 7096650
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A device for filling a carton with flexible articles, comprising a substantially horizontal feeding conveyor for articles, a stacker at the discharge end of said feeding conveyor for receiving and collecting said articles on top of each other, a cassette having side walls and a bottom wall, transfer means between said stacker and said cassette to transfer a group of articles formed from said stacker into said cassette, a carton receiving station below said cassette, said bottom of said cassette being removable from said cassette to allow said groups of articles to drop into said carton receiving station, said cassette being displaceably arranged between an operative position in front of said transfer means and an inoperative position above said transfer means and wherein said carton receiving station is displaceable between a horizontal position below said cassettes and a vertical position in front of said transfer means.