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(11) EP 0 255 339 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.02.1990 Bulletin 1990/08

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.02.1988 Bulletin 1988/05

(21) Application number: 87306657.5

(22) Date of filing: 28.07.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B65D 1/34, B65B 35/44, B65B 5/10, B65B 57/12, B65B 39/12, B65B 5/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 28.07.1986 US 889734
26.03.1987 US 30899
22.07.1987 US 76295
22.07.1987 US 76389

(71) Applicant: Langenbeck, Keith A.
Dallas Texas 75206 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Langenbeck, Keith A.
    Dallas Texas 75206 (US)

(74) Representative: Smith, Philip Antony et al
REDDIE & GROSE 16 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PL
London WC1X 8PL (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Storage and transport tray and tray packing system


    (57) Individual beverage cans 16 are transported by conveyor track 14A to conveyor track 14B along which they are advanced by parallel chains 34 carrying flight bars 44. Trays 26 to receive the cans are advanced by an inclined conveyor running on drums 28A and 28B and having projections 30 to engage the trays. A hinged flap 56 at the end of track 14B controls the deposit of the cans in the trays.
    Special trays are used having inward projections on their side walls to define recesses between the projections into which the curved surfaces of the cams fit so that they are held upright.







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