Patent ID: 6955031

Claim:
A mushroom packing apparatus comprising a grading conveyor; a plurality of locations distributed under a longitudinal axis of the grading conveyor, each location being provided with a container for collecting the mushrooms as they are deposited from the grading conveyor, the apparatus being arranged to weigh the respective container at each location; characterised in that each loaded container is replaced with an empty container once the respective loaded container has reached a predetermined weight by providing a transporter at each location, the transporter being in operative association with the respective container, the transporter being arranged to transfer the container, when loaded, laterally from beneath the grading conveyor with respect to the longitudinal axis, and to locate an empty container beneath the grading conveyor; and a lateral conveyor which runs adjacent each location, onto which lateral conveyor the transporter deposits the loaded containers, in order that the loaded containers be conveyed from the apparatus.