Patent ID: 6701694
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B25J,B65B

Abstract:
A method of introducing items in a container having a bottom and a side wall, comprising the following steps:(a) removing an item by a pickup device from a first conveyor; (b) providing, on a second conveyor, a container carrier having a first wall and a second wall arranged at an angle to one another and at an inclined angle to an advancing direction of said second conveyor; (c) selectively positioning the container in the container carrier so that the container bottom and the container side wall are oriented on the second conveyor at an oblique angle to said advancing direction of the second conveyor; (d) depositing the item by the pickup device in the container in a flat-lying orientation selectively either on the container bottom or on the container side wall; and (e) uprighting the container whereby items deposited in step (d) on the container bottom assume a flat-lying position on the container bottom and items deposited in step (d) on the container side wall assume an edge-wise standing position on the container bottom.