Method of packaging toothbrushes
US5581981A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B5/04
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device and method for packaging of toothbrushes in cartons where conveyored toothbrushes gravitationally descend in a containment slide to be released individually from a metering mechanism into dual slotted starwheels. Brushes from the starwheels are deposited into configured infeed buckets to be subsequently loaded into a carton by a brush inserter mechanism.
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