PACKAGING APPARATUS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging apparatus for agricultural products, which allows a packaging box to be easily taken out by a simple constitution while accumulating a plurality of empty packaging boxes. SOLUTION: The packaging apparatus for the agricultural products is equipped with: an agricultural product storage conveyor 4; an empty box carrying conveyor 7; a box-packing section 6; an empty box feeding means 8; and a pressing means 31 for positional slippage. The agricultural product storage conveyor 4 carries the agricultural products N in order. The empty box carrying conveyor 7 carries empty packaging boxes H in order. The box-packing sections 6 are respectively arranged on the downstream side of the agricultural product storage conveyors 4, mount the packaging box H, and at the same time, pack the agricultural products being carried in order to the packaging box H. The empty box feeding means 8 carries the empty packaging box H which is carried by the empty box carrying conveyor 7 to a taking-out position in a vicinity of the box-packing section 6, and at the same time, stores a plurality of the packaging boxes H. The pressing means 31 for positional displacement presses and displaces the packaging box H at the taking-out position of the empty box feeding means 8. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT