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US 12,304,747 B2Granted
System and method of grouping of containers
OwnerJean-Christophe Bonnain, Frederic Limousin +2inventors
InventorsJean-Christophe Bonnain, Frederic Limousin, Fabrice Avril, Amelie Strohm-Volondat
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Abstract
A grouping system for grouping containers including a track oriented in a horizontal plane, a plurality of lugs coupled moveably to the track, and a plurality of grippers, wherein each gripper is coupled to a lug, wherein the grippers are configured to move a stream of containers about the track.
Claims22
A system for grouping filled containers comprising:
- a track oriented in a horizontal plane defining a path comprising at least two curved portions;
- a plurality of lugs coupled moveably to the track;
- and
- a plurality of grippers,
- wherein each gripper of the plurality of grippers is coupled to a lug of the plurality of lugs and configured to contact an outer surface of a container,
- wherein the grippers are configured to move a stream of filled containers about the track along at least one of the curved portions of the path toward a packaging section at which packaging is applied to a group of the containers.
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A system for grouping containers comprising:
- a track oriented in a horizontal plane;
- a plurality of lugs coupled moveably to the track;
- and
- a plurality of grippers, wherein each gripper is coupled to a lug,
- wherein the grippers are configured to move a stream of containers about the track, wherein the horizontally oriented track includes a linear motor drive configured to actuate each of the grippers along the track based on a programed velocity profile.
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A method of grouping filled containers, comprising:
- driving a stream of containers along a curved path of a track;
- maintaining an initial orientation of the containers along the curved path;
- and
- separating at least two containers from the stream of containers to form an output stream of groups of containers. groups of at least option two containers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.