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Article packaging apparatus

US5771658A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateFeb 20, 1997
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B61/207
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method of forming stacked article groups by supplying at least two streams of articles; forming a stream of first article groups having at least one article; placing a support base on a top surface of each first article group; and forming a second article group, having at least one article, on top of the support base of each first article group, whereby stacked article groups are formed. The stacked article groups are subsequently packaged.

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