US PATENT SUBCLASS 53 / 235
DEPOSITING ARTICLES AND ARRANGING MATERIAL IN PREFORMED RECEPTACLES

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235DEPOSITING ARTICLES AND ARRANGING MATERIAL IN PREFORMED RECEPTACLES {10}
236  DF  .~> Long slender articles (e.g., matches)
237  DF  .~> Plural filling stations and/or contents sources for single receptacle {3}
241  DF  .~> Contents support extends through receptacle (e.g., garment baggers)
242  DF  .~> Bottom filling {1}
244  DF  .~> Successive deposits of articles {2}
247  DF  .~> Simultaneous deposit of plural articles
248  DF  .~> With means to retard free fall of articles into receptacle
249  DF  .~> With movement of receptacle to or from filling station {1}
254  DF  .~> Disc packers
255  DF  .~> Guide or inserted form or support for article contents {6}

DEFINITION

Classification: 53/235

(under the class definition) Apparatus by which covers at least in part previously formed into receptacles are charged with contents consisting of or including articles or consisting of fluent materials which are placed in definite permanent patterns or arrangements in the receptacles.

(1) Note. A charge which is formed from a fluent material (e.g., cotton or fibers) and is then placed in the receiver as a unit and is handled as an article during the filling operation by means which would not likewise handle fluent material, is considered to be an article for this and indented subclasses.

(2) Note. For this and indented subclasses it is required that the filling mechanism deposit the contents in the receptacle or the receptacle on the contents, or that a guide be provided to associate the contents and receptacle in a hand filling operation.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

142+, for packaging tapered or headed articles.

145+, for packaging fruits and vegetables in which a display layer is formed.

147+, for associating a group of articles into a contents unit and then placing the same into a receiver. 473+, for corresponding methods.

558+, for forming or partially forming a receiver and then placing the contents therein.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, appropriate subclasses, for filling preformed receivers with liquids and fluent material and for disposing fluent material in receivers where the arrangement of the material is merely a result of the flow of material or the action of a discharge assistant.

221, Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article dispensers, per se, or those operated merely by engagement with a receptacle, if the operation could also be accomplished by hand and no special modification is made to accommodate the particular shape of the receptacle.