. An automatic pallet-box filler for apples. Apples Packing; Pallets (Shipping, storage, etc; ). conveyor, now appears to slow the drop of fruit to the optimum distance in the lengthened chute (fig. 7). As the second disk rises, the process is repeated with the third disk. As the pallet box- fills further, and the filler rises, the chute moves upward, until the step rolls back under the conveyor. At the last filling stage, the chute continues to feed fruit into the bottom disk which has been closed while the full box is removed and the empty pallet box is moved into filling position. While the
. An automatic pallet-box filler for apples. Apples Packing; Pallets (Shipping, storage, etc; ). conveyor, now appears to slow the drop of fruit to the optimum distance in the lengthened chute (fig. 7). As the second disk rises, the process is repeated with the third disk. As the pallet box- fills further, and the filler rises, the chute moves upward, until the step rolls back under the conveyor. At the last filling stage, the chute continues to feed fruit into the bottom disk which has been closed while the full box is removed and the empty pallet box is moved into filling position. While the filling mechanism is being lowered into the empty box, a gate is momentarily raised at the head of the chute holding fruit back onto the belt for a period of about 6 seconds. As soon as the filling mechanism is at the bottom, the retard- ing gate drops to allow the fruit to flow into the chute. The chute mechanism is operated by a series of fingers and plates on two shafts that move up and down with the filling mechanism as pictured in figure 15. The stops on one of these shafts con- trol the gate at the head of the belt that is moved into position as the pallet box lowers. The other stops control the staging of the chute as the pallet box is filled. Figures 16 through 19 illustrate the cycle of filling a pallet box with the Figure 1(5.—Empty pallet box ready fur ailing; filler lowered inside 1>.\.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herrick, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1915-. Washington, D. C. : Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Transportation and Facilities Research Division
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