Method of configuring a production line to mass customize shaped vessels

US9067254B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE COCA-COLA COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Ruth Karina Espinel · Norcross, US
• Scott C. Biondich · Delmont, US
• Alejandro J. Santamaria · Export, US
• John E. Adams · Alpharetta, US
• Katherine W. Allen · Newnan, US
• Gopalaswamy Rajesh · Alpharetta, US
• H. Brock Kolls · Alpharetta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/5124
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of configuring a production line to mass customize shaped vessels includes receiving a plurality of consumer or event data. Further, the method includes configuring a plurality of vessel forming stations based in part on the received consumer or event data. Once the vessel forming stations are configured, a plurality of vessels are shaped by indexing the plurality of vessels through the vessel forming stations. The shaping operation can include shaping by contouring a length of each of the plurality of vessels, selecting a decoration style to be applied to the plurality of vessels based in part on the consumer or event data, and configuring a top-forming station based in part on the consumer or event data.