Automated product engager, transporter and patterened depositor system
US9399529B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B2220/18
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The system (30) includes a product engager (32), a transporter (34) and a patterned depositor (36) for engaging products (38) and transporting the products (38) from the product engager (32) to the patterned depositor (36), such as between a product bagging machine (56) that forms and fills a bag (24), a conveyor that transports the bags as the products (38) and delivers them to a case packing machine as the patterned depositor (36). The product engager (32) and the patterned depositor (36) include first and second drivers (46, 48) and the transporter (34) includes an adjustable-length buffer (50) to compensate for any temporary difference between a first product delivery rate of the product engager (32) and a rate of movement of the products (38) passing from the product engager (32) along the transporter (34) to the patterned depositor (36).
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