Apparatus and process for packing cases
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorMatthew Bernard Overley
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Abstract
An apparatus for packing cases with stacked rolled product. The apparatus can include a shuttle for receiving stacked rolled product, the shuttle operatively positioned to receive the stacked rolled product and translate the stacked rolled product from a first position to a second position. A rotatable and translatable loading head can be operatively positioned to receive the stacked rolled product from the second position of the shuttle. A first loading pusher can be operatively positioned to push the stacked rolled product from the second position of the shuttle to the loading head. A carton conveyor can be operatively positioned to convey open cartons to receive the stacked rolled product from the loading head.
Claims11
An apparatus for packing cases comprising:
- a. a shuttle for receiving unpackaged stacked rolled product from a first direction, the shuttle comprising a translation surface and a stack stabilizer that has at least two side plates, the shuttle operatively positioned to receive the unpackaged stacked rolled product between the at least two side plates of the stack stabilizer and to translate the unpackaged stacked rolled product on top of the translation surface along a second direction, wherein the first direction is different from the second direction, and wherein the first direction terminates at a first position and the second direction terminates at a second position or a third position;
- b. a first loading pusher operatively positioned to push the unpackaged stacked rolled product from the second position of the shuttle into a cartoning process;
- c. a second loading pusher operatively positioned to push the unpackaged stacked rolled product from the third position of the shuttle into a bundling process;
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- d. a loading head, the loading head operatively positioned to receive the unpackaged stacked rolled product from the second position of the shuttle, wherein the loading head is rotatable and translatable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.