Installation for making up batches of articles
US4870799A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G1/1376
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An installation for making up batches of articles, the installation being characterized in that it comprises at least one work station for one operator, said station including a storage member (4) for storing said articles species-by-species, said articles each being provided with automatically readable identification means, said station also including a reader (19) for automatically reading the said identification means and a hatch (17) communicating with a chute (18) whose opening is controllable, said installation further including an endless chain of buckets (21) disposed in such a manner that the buckets pass beneath the chutes, and a moving belt (25) disposed beneath the buckets and receiving the boxes (26) for receiving the batches of articles via an inlet station, each bucket being provided with a controllable pivoting device in order to cause the article contained therein to fall into a box, the installation including a station (20) from which loaded boxes are removed and being controlled by a computer which controls the opening and the closing of the hatches and the chutes and the pivoting of the buckets in accordance with a program which is established depending on the b…
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