Method and apparatus for stacking and packing wrapped electric lamps

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF STACKING AND PACKING WRAPPED ARTICLES SUCH AS ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: (A) CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING SUCH WRAPPED LAMPS IN A STRAIGHT LINE AGAINST A STOP AT THE END OF SUCH LINE, (B) PRESELECTING A PRECISELY NUMBERED GROUP OF SUCH WRAPPED LAMPS FROM THE END OF THE FEED-LINE AGAINST THE STOP BY REMOVAL THEREOF WITH A SHARP CUT-OFF FROM THE NEXT SUCCEEDING WRAPPED LAMPS IN THE FEEDLINE TO AVOID DISTORTION OF THE WRAPPERS AND DAMAGE TO SUCH LAMPS, (C) TRANSFERRING THE PRESELECTED PRECISE GROUP OF LAMPS FROM THE END OF THE FEED-LINE AND DEPOSITING SUCH GROUP AT THE BEGINNING OF A LATERALLY SPACED ADJACENT END OF A SECOND FEED-LINE, (D) AND INVERTING EVERY THIRD GROUP OF THE SAME PRECISELY NUMBERED WRAPPED LAMPS PRIOR TO THEIR REMOVAL FROM THE CONTINUOUS FEED-LINE FOR STACKING AND PACKING.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF STACKING AND PACKING WRAPPED ARTICLES SUCH AS ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: (A) CONTINUOUSLY FEEDING SUCH WRAPPED LAMPS IN A STRAIGHT LINE AGAINST A STOP AT THE END OF SUCH LINE, (B) PRESELECTING A PRECISELY NUMBERED GROUP OF SUCH WRAPPED LAMPS FROM THE END OF THE FEED-LINE AGAINST THE STOP BY REMOVAL THEREOF WITH A SHARP CUT-OFF FROM THE NEXT SUCCEEDING WRAPPED LAMPS IN THE FEEDLINE TO AVOID DISTORTION OF THE WRAPPERS AND DAMAGE TO SUCH LAMPS, (C) TRANSFERRING THE PRESELECTED PRECISE GROUP OF LAMPS FROM THE END OF THE FEED-LINE AND DEPOSITING SUCH GROUP AT THE BEGINNING OF A LATERALLY SPACED ADJACENT END OF A SECOND FEED-LINE, (D) AND INVERTING EVERY THIRD GROUP OF THE SAME PRECISELY NUMBERED WRAPPED LAMPS PRIOR TO THEIR REMOVAL FROM THE CONTINUOUS FEED-LINE FOR STACKING AND PACKING.