Gentle dry bin filler

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20060288880A1
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11477898

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A bin filler apparatus for gently and automatically filling a storage bin with a fruit, such as apples. The bin filler includes an organizer with an infeed conveyor for delivering the fruit to an organizing mechanism, for positioning the fruit into a succession of fruit rows for transfer to a delivery head. The delivery head includes a pair of opposing wave belt type of conveyor belts, spaced apart to receive and contain the succession of fruit rows without compressing or squeezing the fruit. The wave belts collapse a they travel around the rollers of the conveyor belt and the second roller, releasing each fruit row, in succession, into the storage bin.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE-SRRC 1100 ROBERT E LEE BLVD NEW ORLEANS LA 70124
WASHINGTON TREE FRUIT RESEARCH COMMISSION1719 SPRINGWATER AVENUE WENATCHEE WA 20250

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hanks, Malcolm E Yakima, WA 1 1

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