Package making – Methods – Group forming of contents into a unit
Patent
1986-01-30
1988-05-17
Spruill, Robert L.
Package making
Methods
Group forming of contents into a unit
53493, 53532, 53542, 53543, 198420, 198425, 198456, 414 28, B65B 3530
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method are provided for staging a plurality of products into a grouping of a desired number of the products having a given center-to-center spacing therebetween. The staging assembly includes an endless track that indexes in order to feed, without gaps, a desired number of products thereonto, which endless track off-feeds in a generally constant manner in order to provide, in association with the takeaway speed of a receiving conveyor, the desired center-to-center spacing.
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Mally Timothy G.
Total Robert V.
Donovan Daniel J.
Harcarik Joseph T.
Oscar Mayer
Savoie Thomas R.
Spruill Robert L.
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