Abstract: Fragile objects such as items of fruit are transferred from a receptacle conveyor to a transport belt by a rotary brush transverse to the conveyor and having bristles allowing formation of a cavity in the brush to receive the object when it falls from its receptacle, and a fixed brush facing the rotary brush to hold the object in its cavity until the object is deposited, without horizontal velocity, on the transport belt.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling crates with objects, notably fruits, floating in water, which includes a tank filled with water, a crate which can be immersed inside said tank, feeding means for bringing the objects transported by the water in the crate, a water pump providing for the continuous circulation of water through the tank, the objects being distributed in the immersed crate until it is completely full, wherein the feeding means of the objects in the crate include a feeding channel and a cylindrical aperture formed in a massive plate, covering the upper portion of the crate, the upper portion of said plate being provided with profiled guides for channeling towards said cylindrical opening the objects floating on the liquid and incoming from the feeding channel.