Product collator imbricator and printer
US4903600A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H39/055
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An in-line array of product dispensers overlie a conveyor belt. An ink jet printer overlies the conveyor belt downstream of the product dispensers. Information identifying the product dispensers which hold the desired products for a particular set and the desired number of sets of that type are entered to a controller operatively associated with the product dispensers and the printer. The controller times the dispensing of products from the selected product dispensers so as to form imbricated sets of products on the conveyor belt. As the products in the imbricated set pass under the printer, the controller activates it to print desired information on the exposed portion of each product.
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