Title:
ARTICLE REDUCTION GEAR FOR CASE FILLING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5548018
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
An article retarding device for use with a grid set of a case loading machine for breaking the fall of articles as they are dropped through the grid set into a case. The grid set includes a trip-bar assembly which is shifted to drop the articles. Positioned below the trip-bar assembly are a plurality of pivotally supported downwardly extending fingers carried in the form of a matrix which guide the articles into the case as they are being loaded. A camming mechanism selectively forces the fingers of respective passages to the center of the passages for breaking the fall of articles into the case. Means is provided for retracting the camming mechanism to a second position so that the articles can be gently loaded into the case.
Inventors:
TOOMASU SUIGUNOO HAATONESU
Application Number:
JP11406679A
Publication Date:
April 05, 1980
Filing Date:
September 05, 1979
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HARTNESS THOMAS
International Classes:
B65B21/16; B65B21/18; B65B5/08; B65B39/00; (IPC1-7): B65B5/08; B65B21/18