Claims
- 1. A process for packaging a plurality of individual packages comprising the steps of:
- horizontally positioning a plurality of individual packages into a vertical stack, said packages containing a fluent material therein;
- tamping said stack to compress the fluent material in said stack;
- moving said stack in an arcuate path to change the orientation of said stack from vertical to horizontal;
- deforming in response to gravity and said step of moving said individual packages within said stack, a top of said individual packages defining a diminished point;
- intersecting the movement of said stack with an inverted tray container to receive said stack diminished points first into said container in an inverted orientation; and
- continuing the movement of said stack along with said inverted tray container about said arcuate path until said tray container having said stack therein assumes an upright orientation.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/720,599, filed Jun. 26, 1991, now abandoned, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/443,666 filed Nov. 19, 1989, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,025,612 on Jun. 5, 1991.
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