Patent ID: 6546698
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A device for inserting an object, such as pouches, into a container, such as a carton, comprising:(a) a first articulating conveying element having initial and second end sections, the second end section capable of pivoting relative to the initial end section, and capable of being moveably received in said container to convey said object into said container in a downstream manner; and (b) a second articulating conveying element positioned in mating arrangement with the second end section of the first articulating conveying element to create a region between the second end section of the first conveying element and the second conveying element through which said object is conveyed, the second articulating conveying element designed to articulate in tandem movement with the second end section of the first conveying element to form layers of said objects in said container.