BOX-PACKING APPARATUS

Abstract: the disclosed box-packing apparatus can pack a large quantity of articles quickly and orderly. it includes a conveyance unit, an alignment unit, a transfer unit, a contact unit, a drive unit, and a control unit. the alignment unit aligns articles conveyed on the conveyance unite so that mutually adjacent ones partially overlap and form an article group. the transfer unit transfers article groups to a box-packing conveyance route. the contact unit contacts articles on the box-packing conveyance route starting-end side in the transferred article group. the drive unit drives the contact unit under control of the control unit, to move the contact unit in the alignment direction of the article group while the contact unit is contacting and supporting the articles on the box-packing conveyance route and increase the angle formed by a contact surface of the contact unit and a horizontal plane after the contact unit starts moving.

Inventor(s): Masashi KUROKAWA

CPC Classification: B65B35/44 (MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars ; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound ; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers -; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles ; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers ))

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