Patent ID: 7000363
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A system for loading containers with formed product comprising: a container transport assembly which advances and positions the containers along a first path towards a loading zone; the container transport assembly comprising a spacing mechanism comprising a screw-like feeder in combination with a support pathway and a pair of spaced guides; a product transport assembly which advances and positions the formed product along a second path towards the loading zone wherein the containers are advanced and positioned relative to the formed product and in at least one common direction of travel with the formed product and wherein at least a portion of the first path superposes the second path and the paths travel in a common linear direction towards the loading zone; and a combined transport assembly defining a third path away from the loading zone wherein the first path and the second path share at least one common direction of travel and each path is in part independent of the other and each path is in part merged with the other wherein the formed product is loaded up into the containers in a loading direction against a force of gravity as the paths merge and therafter the containers with formed product loaded therein are advanced away from the loading zone along the third path.