Patent ID: 6089001
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A method for loading bottles into a tray comprising the steps of:feeding a plurality of bottles, on a one-by-one basis, into an index wheel containing one or more cutouts;rotating said index wheel from a bottle infeed position to a bottle exiting position;removing each bottle at said exiting position by a bottle exiting guide;arranging said bottles exiting from said index wheel into a straight line;infeeding said exiting bottles arranged in a straight line into a rectangular tray by a force of each bottle pushing against a preceding bottle; and,using the force of gravity by inclining said tray such that the force of gravity in conjunction with the pushing force of each bottle, arranges the bottles in the rectangular tray into rows which are out of registry with each other by a width of one half of one bottle.