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Intended primarily for use in the commercial photofinishing industry, a convertible loading and delivery pouch together with associated mounting means in an automatic sorter device is disclosed. A number of such pouches demountably installed at successive loading stations along the sorter conveyor p

Intended primarily for use in the commercial photofinishing industry, a convertible loading and delivery pouch together with associated mounting means in an automatic sorter device is disclosed. A number of such pouches demountably installed at successive loading stations along the sorter conveyor path are maintained suspended from parallel support arms in normally open, article receiving position with the front walls of the individual pouches bowed outwardly to accommodate the articles being discharged from the conveyor at such stations. With the pouches removed from the support arms, the front walls can be bowed inwardly against the sidewalls and rear wall in order to permit interengaging the cooperating elements of a closure device such as a slide fastener to secure the contents within the pouch for delivery purposes. Mounting loops formed along the upper edge portions of the sidewalls and open rearwardly of the pouch are adapted to slidably engage the support arms to permit convenient installation and removal of the pouch and to maintain the pouch walls securely in the open position when mounted in the automatic sorter.

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A convertible article loading and delivery pouch adapted to be removably mounted with its top open to receive articles at a loading station, said pouch comprising opposite sidewalls interconnected by a rear wall, said sidewalls having upper edge portions with mounting means thereon adapted to demoun

A convertible article loading and delivery pouch adapted to be removably mounted with its top open to receive articles at a loading station, said pouch comprising opposite sidewalls interconnected by a rear wall, said sidewalls having upper edge portions with mounting means thereon adapted to demountably engage external support arms for maintaining the sidewalls upper edge portions at a predetermined spacing at the front of the pouch, and a front wall of a width greater than said predetermined spacing interconnecting said sidewalls, said front wall being of stiffly flexible material tending to maintain an outwardly bowed configuration maintaining the pouch open at the top with the pouch thus suspended, said front wall being adapted to be bowed inwardly against the rear wall and sidewalls in order to close the top of the pouch with the pouch demounted from said support arms, and cooperating closure elements on the upper edge portions of the front wall and on said side and rear walls interengageable to secure the pouch closed with the front wall thus bowed inwardly.