Patent ID: 7698879
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A method of inserting an insert having an upwardly projecting protuberance proximate one end into an open container comprising: conveying said open container continuously in a downstream direction with a container conveyor with said container opening upwardly; holding said insert above said conveyor at an insertion station by supporting a downstream portion of said insert, with said one end of said insert being the upstream end of said insert; driving a pusher finger downwardly against an upstream portion of said insert at a downstream side of said protuberance in order to push said upstream portion of said insert downwardly into said container; holding said upstream portion of said insert against an inside surface of said container with said pusher finger while said container is conveyed underneath said insert and simultaneously ceasing to support said downstream portion of said insert, said pusher finger abutting said downstream side of said protuberance to overcome frictional engagement between said insert and said container as said container is conveyed underneath said insert; and retracting said pusher finger.