Frank A Alduk

40502171, Sep 27, 1977

Oct 17, 1975

5/623379

Frank P. Alduk - New Castle PA

Newcastle Company, Inc. - New Castle PA

B65B 5714
B65B 5720

53 62

A feeder is provided for feeding containers into the several lanes provided between divider plates above the conveyor belt of a case packer as the containers are transferred to the dump table or the like of a case packer. It delivers a predetermined number of rows of containers with a selected number of containers in each row to the belt conveyor of a case packer until a case load of containers is supplied to said belt, and upon a case load being then discharged from the case packer, the cycle is repeated to feed another case load to the case packer, the operation continuing indefinitely as long as the case packer is operating.

42402379, Dec 23, 1980

Oct 30, 1978

5/955893

Frank P. Alduk - New Wilmington PA
Dennis F. Alduk - New Castle PA

B65B 2118

53247

A case packer and/or case unloader apparatus especially but not exclusively designed for packing small bottles in an orderly pattern into a shipping carton, or conversely, removing a case load of such bottles from a carton has a horizontally reciprocable carriage from which is suspended a vertically movable lifting frame. This frame carries spaced pairs of bars movable lengthwise relative to each other. Each bar has a spaced series of depending container engaging fingers with the fingers on one bar having lateral projections thereon extending in a direction opposed to lateral projections on the fingers of the other bar. By sliding the two bars of the pair in opposite directions, the fingers will approach or recede from each other. With the fingers of each pair close together, the frame may be lowered to enter a pair of fingers into the neck of each bottle of a prearranged group. By then moving the bars in opposite directions, the projections on the fingers engage the interior of the bottles.