Package making – Methods – Applying a partial cover
Patent
1993-08-17
1995-05-16
Johnson, Linda B.
Package making
Methods
Applying a partial cover
53 55, 53168, B65B 1302, B65B 5700
Patent
active
054149746
ABSTRACT:
Documents printed by high speed laser printers are automatically handled to verify, track, handle, and deposit them in appropriate shipping containers. The system is modular so that it can be configured to suit the needs of a wide variety of users, and includes document transport conveyors, transfer conveyors, and container transport conveyors. A paper sheet having bar coding is associated with each group of documents and the bar coding is sensed to determine where to route the document (what shipping container it should be placed in), and also optionally other document handling procedures, such as plastic shrink wrapping and/or banding. Documents are conveyed to a number of different filling stations with containers passing underneath the filling stations. When the destination bar coding on a group of documents at a filling station matches the bar coding on the container underneath that filling station, dump paddles are activated to drop the group of documents into the container. Prior to operation of the dump paddles, the size of the group of documents and the remaining volume in the container are both sensed to be sure the group of documents will fit in the container. Containers that are determined to be full are transferred to a shipping loop for transportation by trucks or other shipping options.
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Burket Franklin L.
Facklam Frederick J.
Van de Ven John
Johnson Linda B.
Moore Business Forms Inc.
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