Package making – Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further... – Layer – stack – or column
Patent
1995-06-05
1998-05-12
Sipos, John
Package making
Group forming of contents unit and subsequent or further...
Layer, stack, or column
53543, 198429, 1986891, B65B 3530
Patent
active
057492050
ABSTRACT:
An automated apparatus for controlling the automatic packaging of contact lenses in a contact lens fabrication facility includes: a first robotic transfer device for periodically transferring a first predetermined amount of individual packages from an inspection station to an intermediate consolidation buffer and depositing the packages on the consolidation buffer; a control device for tracking and identifying each individual contact lens conveyed from the inspection station to the consolidation buffer and including memory and logic circuits for staring the identity of individual packages containing contact lenses that have been previously determined at the inspection station as being out of specification, and, generating a signal to enable the first robotic device to discard any individual package identified as out of specification; and, a second robotic assembly for periodically transferring a second predetermined amount of individual packages from the consolidation buffer to a second processing station, the control device enabling the first robotic device to provide a sufficient amount of individual packages to the consolidation buffer to enable the second robotic assembly to continuously transfer the second predetermined amount of packages to the second processing station in every period.
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Abrams Richard Wayne
Christensen Svend
Dolan Mary Louis
Edwards Russell James
Gundersen Borge Peter
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products Inc.
Kim Gene L.
Sipos John
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