Method and system for automated stacking and loading wrapped facemasks into a carton in a manufacturing line
US10913559B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2201/0229
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automated method and system for stacking and loading wrapped facemasks into a carton in a facemask production line include conveying individual wrapped facemasks to a delivery location adjacent to a rotary wheel, the rotary wheel conveyor having individual pick-up devices spaced around a circumference thereof. Each wrapped facemask is picked-up with a respective pick-up device on the rotary wheel conveyor and transported to a first carton staging area at a first location on the circumference of the rotary wheel. At the first staging area, the facemasks are released from the rotary wheel conveyor and deposited into a carton.
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