Patent ID: 9145220
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A packaging machine for incubator trays comprising: an upper module, an intermediary module and a lower module, the lower module having a first segment, the first segment of the lower module having a horizontal tray displacement system, wherein the horizontal tray displacement system horizontally displaces a plurality of incubator trays to align a plurality of egg housings of the plurality of incubator trays with an egg receiver structure of the packaging machine, further wherein the plurality of egg housings are each defined by a first set of rows and a second set of rows, the second set of rows being different than the first set of rows so that when a row of the first set of rows receives eggs from the egg receiver structure, the second set of rows are offline with respect to the egg receiver structure; wherein the horizontal tray displacement system includes a pneumatic system having a plurality of pneumatic cylinders placed directly into a joint mechanism, the joint mechanism further including at least two fixed side guides, and at least two mobile side guides independently moveable with respect to the first segment of the lower module and each other; wherein, when at least one of the plurality of pneumatic cylinders is actuated, one of the at least two mobile guide sides is moved in a horizontal direction across the first segment of the lower module to move one of the plurality of incubator trays in a side-to-side motion to align a row of the second set of rows with the egg receiver structure after the row of the first set of rows receives eggs from the egg receiver structure.