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A system for loading groups of articles into containers includes an infeed conveyor which groups the articles into subgroups which are then selectively reoriented by a turntable-type orienting device. The oriented subgroups are then conveyed to a transfer area where they are accumulated into element

A system for loading groups of articles into containers includes an infeed conveyor which groups the articles into subgroups which are then selectively reoriented by a turntable-type orienting device. The oriented subgroups are then conveyed to a transfer area where they are accumulated into elements of a predetermined pattern of articles. A pusher sequentially pushes the pattern elements onto the lower reach of a window conveyor disposed at a loading station. A container conveyor runs beneath the window conveyor to deliver an empty container to the loading station, a lifter assembly then raising the empty container to a loading position immediately beneath the support reach. The window conveyor is then operated to drop the pattern of articles through the window thereof into the container. As the window conveyor continues its movement a pusher on the leading end of the conveyor section thereof pushes the loaded container onto a discharge slide assembly which then tilts downwardly to allow the filled container to the slide onto an outfeed conveyor which may convey loaded containers to downstream apparatus, such as a bottom-up stacking mechanism.

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Apparatus for loading product into a container comprising: support means for holding a container in a loading position, endless loading means movable along an endless path having a substantially horizontal lower reach disposed immediately above said loading position, said loading means including a c

Apparatus for loading product into a container comprising: support means for holding a container in a loading position, endless loading means movable along an endless path having a substantially horizontal lower reach disposed immediately above said loading position, said loading means including a conveyor section for supporting product and a window section for allowing product to drop therethrough, transfer means for moving product onto said conveyor section when said conveyor section is disposed along said lower reach of said endless path, shifting means for shifting the product from said conveyor section through said window section and into a container supported in said loading position when the loading means moves in a predetermined direction along said endless path, and discharge means carried by said loading means and effective, upon continued movement thereof along said path, for moving the loaded container from said loading position.