Package unbundling system

Details Package unbundling system Package unbundling system

2011-06-21

2011-06-21

Harmon, Christopher (Department: 3721)

Package making

Means to open or erect receptacle

With cutting means

C053S381100, C053S492000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07963086

ABSTRACT:
A package unbundling station receives bundles of articles to be unwrapped. The station includes a clamp for holding a bundle in a fixed position and a pair of spaced-apart movable cutter assemblies which cut at least one of wrapping and banding on at least two sides of the bundle, resulting in an “open envelope” which is transferred to a work station for easy removal of the articles which are then conveyed for subsequent sorting. In one embodiment, an unbundling station is coupled with a package sorting system and receives banded and/or wrapped bundles of articles and includes at least a pair of spaced-apart movable cutter assemblies which cut at least one of the banding and/or wrapping materials of the bundle and subsequently outputs the opened bundle to an output station for subsequent processing.

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