Title:
AUTOMATED PRODUCT ENGAGER, TRANSPORTER AND PATTERNED DEPOSITOR SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/021495
Kind Code:
A3
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).
Inventors:
DERBY STEPHEN (US)
MCFADDEN JOHN (US)
BROWN DAVID (US)
ECKERT EUGENE (US)
MCFADDEN JOHN (US)
BROWN DAVID (US)
ECKERT EUGENE (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/047051
Publication Date:
May 10, 2012
Filing Date:
August 09, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DERBY STEPHEN (US)
MCFADDEN JOHN (US)
BROWN DAVID (US)
ECKERT EUGENE (US)
MCFADDEN JOHN (US)
BROWN DAVID (US)
ECKERT EUGENE (US)
International Classes:
B65B35/50; B65B35/24; B65B35/44; B65B43/54
Foreign References:
| JP2003212339A | 2003-07-30 | |||
| JPH0858726A | 1996-03-05 | |||
| JP2006335460A | 2006-12-14 | |||
| US20040025471A1 | 2004-02-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CHISHOLM, Malcolm, J. (220 Main StreetLee, MA, US)
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