Package making – With means responsive to a sensed condition – Separate delivery of incomplete or defective contents or...
Patent
1997-02-27
1998-11-03
Coan, James F.
Package making
With means responsive to a sensed condition
Separate delivery of incomplete or defective contents or...
53543, 198429, 1986891, B65B 3530
Patent
active
058292225
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 storing 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 W.
Christensen Svend
Dolan Mary L.
Edwards Russell J.
Gundersen Borge P.
Coan James F.
Johnson & Johnson Vision Products Inc.
Kim Gene L.
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