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US 12,012,244 B2Granted
Sorting system sorting packages into bags
AssigneeLaitram, L.L.C.
InventorsMatthew L. Fourney, Bryant G. Ragan, Mark Costanzo, Destin Jacob Bailey, Christopher Alan Brupbacher
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Abstract
A sorting conveyor and bagging device for selectively depositing packages in bags through collapsible openings in the bags themselves or in sleeves protruding from the mouths of bags. Sliders are positioned between the bags at the ends of chutes. Actuators slide the sliders along the slide tracks to selectively open and position the opening to one bag to receive packages from the chute while the opening to the other bag is closed and positioned out of the way.
Claims26
A bagging device comprising:
- a pair of slide tracks;
- a slider movable along the slide tracks and attachable to two bags;
- an actuator coupled to the slider to slide the slider along the slide tracks in a first direction opening an opening into a first one of the bags and closing an opening into a second one of the bags and in an opposite second direction opening an opening into the second one of the bags and closing the opening into the first one of the bags.
A sorting system for sorting packages comprising:
- first and second destination bags, each having an opening;
- a bagging device including:
- first and second slide tracks;
- a slider movable along the first and second slide tracks and attachable to the first and second destination bags;
- an actuator coupled to the slider to slide the slider along the first and second slide tracks in a first direction opening the opening into the first destination bag and closing the opening into the second destination bag and in an opposite second direction opening the opening into the second destination bag and closing the opening into the first destination bag.
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