Package making – Methods – Group forming of contents into a unit
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-05
2006-12-05
Smith, Scott A. (Department: 3721)
Package making
Methods
Group forming of contents into a unit
C053S441000, C053S531000, C053S537000, C053S541000, C053S544000, C053S147000, C414S788400, C414S789200, C414S791100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07143567
ABSTRACT:
Unit for packaging and palletizing rolls of paper comprising a bagging and/or forming machine adapted to sort packages of said rolls into batches or to bag said sorted loose packages in a plastic bag, and a palletizing station comprising at lease one manipulator provided with grippers to handle loose packages of delivered products from said bagging and/or forming machine. The products are conveyed to said palletizing station with a predetermined stepped sequence and spaced from one another in at least one row on a conveyer element, wherein said at least one robot and said bagging and/or forming machine are interconnected and are programmed respectively to sort said products in batches of different forms and dimensions according to a sequence which is continuously variable to form a layer of a pallet with different batches of products adjacent to and engaged with one another.
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Gatteschi Emanuele
Loperfido Gianfranco
Omo Davide Dall
Poli Gilberto
Zagnoni Christian
Costigan James V.
Hedman & Costigan PC
OCME S.R.L.
Smith Scott A.
T.M.C. Tissue Machinery Company
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