Claims
- 1. An elevator for receiving groups of articles, comprising:
- a bottom surface for receipt of a first group of said articles;
- means for vertically moving said bottom surface downwardly for receipt of a subsequent group of said articles upon said first group of articles;
- means for vertically moving said bottom surface and said first and subsequent groups of articles upwardly, thereby compressing said articles vertically; and
- means for compressing said first and subsequent groups horizontally.
- 2. The elevator according to claim 1 wherein a plate is provided above said bottom surface and wherein said means for vertical movement are capable of moving vertically upward against said plate to provide said means for compressing vertically.
- 3. The elevator according to claim 1 further compressing a side plate and means for moving said side plate to provide said means for compressing said first and subsequent groups horizontally.
- 4. An elevator for receiving groups of articles, comprising:
- a bottom surface for receipt of a first group of said articles;
- means for vertically moving said bottom surface downwardly for receipt of a subsequent group of said articles upon said first group of articles;
- means for compressing said first and subsequent groups of articles vertically; and
- means for compressing said first and subsequent groups horizontally.
- 5. The elevator according to claim 4 wherein a plate is provided above said bottom surface and wherein said means for vertical movement are capable of moving vertically upward against said plate to provide said means for compressing vertically.
- 6. The elevator according to claim 4 further comprising a side plate and means for moving said side plate to provide said means for compressing said first and subsequent groups horizontally.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/667,742 filed on Feb. 25, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/584,383 filed on Sep. 13, 1990, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/332,766 filed on Apr. 3, 1989, now abandoned which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/007,624 filed on Jan. 28, 1987, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 4,854,111, which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 06/925,565 filed Oct. 31, 1986, now abandoned, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/666,046 filed Oct. 29, 1984, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 4,633,653.
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