Patent ID: 8650842
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A glove packing apparatus for packing gloves into a container from which gloves may be dispensed, the apparatus comprising: a receptacle and a stack of gloves held by the receptacle for packing into said container, the stack having a bottom, four side walls and a top and the receptacle having: a perimeter wall, the perimeter wall having surfaces and said surfaces being configured to contain said plurality of sides of the stack of gloves, said surfaces of the perimeter wall are configured to define the shape of the four side walls of said stack as gloves are added to said stack of gloves whereby said stack is substantially rectangular or square in outline around said four side walls of the stack; a floor within the perimeter wall for supporting said stack of gloves, the floor being provided by a base of the receptacle and wherein the perimeter wall extends substantially vertically upwards from said base; an opening opposite the floor into which additional gloves may be added to the top of said stack of gloves; wherein the floor and the perimeter wall are relatively movable with respect to each other in opposite substantially vertical directions, so that, in use: the floor may be moved relatively away from said opening so that as gloves are added to said stack of gloves, the perimeter wall continues to contain the stack of gloves; and the floor may be moved relatively toward said opening to remove the stack of gloves from the receptacle.