Package making – Methods – Group forming of contents into a unit
Patent
1998-10-05
2000-07-18
Moon, Daniel B.
Package making
Methods
Group forming of contents into a unit
53148, 53542, B65B 3530
Patent
active
060890002
ABSTRACT:
A packaging method and apparatus for packing items in selectively variable numerical quantities includes a track assembly adapted to support a plurality of strip items in parallel array. In a first section of the track assembly, a lateral slot receives consecutive batches of strips in parallel array. A plurality of pusher elements extend through a track slot, pushing the strips to impinge on each other in edge-adjacent fashion, and to translate distally from the first stage. A second stage of the track assembly includes a sufficient length of the track to accumulate a large number of strips. At the distal end of the track, a strip collection cylinder receives the strips. One end of the cylinder is configured to receive the open end of a bottle package, and the other receives a plunger to push the accumulated strips from to the bottle. A pusher element mechanism is programmable to extend into the track slot at any selected distance from the collection cylinder, and to push into the collection cylinder all the strips between that point and the cylinder. Given the uniform size of the strips and their edge-adjacent impingement, the pusher element easily may be directed to select any number of strips to be pushed into the collection cylinder. Thus, each container may be filled with any selected number of strips, that number ranging from far less to many more than the quantity of each batch that is fed into the proximal end of the track assembly.
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Carlberg David L.
Meigs Theodore V.
Kinematic Automation, Inc.
Moon Daniel B.
Zimmerman Harris
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