Package making – Methods – Group forming of contents into a unit
Patent
1997-12-30
1999-11-09
Moon, Daniel B.
Package making
Methods
Group forming of contents into a unit
53543, 1984192, 1984598, B65B 3530
Patent
active
059791470
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for selecting a predetermined number of articles from a plurality of articles and grouping the selected articles into an ordered group for delivery to an article packaging machine. The articles are moved at an infeed speed in series progressively along a path of travel and toward a pair of rotatable selector wheel assemblies located on opposite sides of the path. The articles are directed to the rotating selector wheel at a position where the velocity component of fingers attached to the wheel in the direction of the path of travel is equal to the infeed speed of the bottles. The fingers on the selector wheel engage selected ones of the bottles at this location and accelerate them smoothly and progressively to a machine speed that is greater than the infeed speed. The bottles are thus grouped together in separated groups and delivered to the packaging machine at the machine speed.
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Moon Daniel B.
Riverwood International Corporation
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