(19)
(11) EP 0 099 218 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.10.1984 Bulletin 1984/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.01.1984 Bulletin 1984/04

(21) Application number: 83303871

(22) Date of filing: 04.07.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR IT NL

(30) Priority: 05.07.1982 GB 8219430

(71) Applicant: Freemantle, Arthur John
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(72) Inventor:
  • Freemantle, Arthur John
     ()

   


(54) Method and machine for packing elongate articles into boxes or trays


(57) Elongate articles such as plastics bottles (2) are packed into a box or tray (1) by arranging the articles (2) side by side in a stack of superimposed horizontal rows and then displacing horizontally from the stack, and in the direction of their horizontal parallel axes, an array of the superimposed articles into the box or tray arranged on its side, the box or tray being then tipped onto its base.






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