Robotic case packing system
AssigneeFallas Automation, Inc.
InventorDavid Fallas
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Abstract
A case packing system for loading articles into a container includes an article conveyor for conveying an article, a case conveyor for conveying a container, a multi-axis robot, and a controller operatively coupled to the multi-axis robot. The multi-axis robot picks the article from the article conveyor and places the article such that it is least partially disposed between two opposing foldable flaps of the container. The relative position of the article and the container are adjusted from a first position where the article is at least partially disposed between the two opposing foldable flaps to a second position where the article is positioned fully within the container cavity.
Claims15
A case packing system comprising:
- an article conveyor for conveying an article;
- a case conveyor for conveying a container, the container comprising a base and a plurality of sides defining a container cavity, the container further comprising two opposing foldable flaps extending from two of the plurality of sides;
- a multi-axis robot disposed above the case conveyor;
- a product pusher disposed along the case conveyor, wherein the product pusher comprises a vertical pushing wall movable from a loading position to a loaded position, and wherein a maximum vertical dimension of the vertical pushing wall is less than a vertical dimension of the container cavity;
- two opposing side stabilizer walls adjacent the vertical pushing wall;
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- a controller operatively coupled to the multi-axis robot, the controller configured to:
- control the multi-axis robot to pick the article from the article conveyor and place the article such that at it is at least partially disposed between the two opposing foldable flaps of the container;
- adjust a relative position of the article and the container from a first position where the article is at least partially disposed between the two opposing foldable flaps to a second position where the article is positioned fully within the container cavity;
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- extend the vertical pushing wall from the loading position to the loaded position to adjust the relative position of the article and the container from the first position to the second position.
A case packing system comprising:
- an article conveyor for conveying a plurality of articles;
- a case conveyor for conveying a container, the container comprising a base and a plurality of sides defining a container cavity, the container further comprising two opposing foldable flaps extending from two of the plurality of sides defining an opening to the container cavity;
- a multi-axis robot disposed above the case conveyor;
- a vertical pushing wall disposed along the case conveyor, wherein a maximum vertical dimension of the vertical pushing wall is less than a vertical dimension of the container cavity;
- two opposing side stabilizer walls adjacent the vertical pushing wall;
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- a controller operatively coupled to the multi-axis robot, the controller configured to:
- control the multi-axis robot to pick and place the plurality of articles in a stacked, vertical arrangement aligned with the opening to the container cavity;
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- adjust a relative position of the plurality of articles and the container such that the plurality of articles are positioned fully within the container cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.