Method of selective wrapping of products
US6415582B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B25/14
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and a method to produce magazines, books, catalogues, brochures, periodicals, or the like on a collation or binding line, transport these products in a single stream of products towards a packaging line, divide the single stream of products into distinct streams of products where one such stream comprises products requiring wrapping and another such stream comprises products which do not require wrapping, transport the products requiring wrapping to a wrapping machine and sending these products through a wrapping process, transport the products that do not require wrapping around the wrapping machine, and merge the separate streams of products back into a single stream of products such that the products are arranged in a predetermined output order, such as demographic order.
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