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US 2004/0070226 A1Published application
Gripping members gripping and moving packets stacked by a conveyor
AssigneeIshida Co., Ltd.
InventorRobert Bennett
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Abstract
A stacking conveyor conveys packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets. First and second gripping members are automatically controlled so that the first and second gripping members mechanically move independently of each other to grip the array between the first and second gripping members and move the gripped array to a different location such as, for example, to a packaging station for packaging the array.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a stacking conveyor conveying packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets;
- and
- first and second gripping members automatically controlled so that the first and second gripping members mechanically move independently of each other to grip the array between the first and second gripping members and move the gripped array to a different location for processing of the array.
An apparatus comprising:
- a stacking conveyor conveying packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets;
- first and second gripping members;
- and
- means for automatically controlling the first and second gripping members so that the first and second gripping members mechanically move independently of each other to grip the array between the first and second gripping members and move the gripped array to a different location for processing of the array.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a stacking conveyor conveying packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets;
- first and second endless belts on which the first and second gripping members are mounted, respectively;
- first and second drive motors driving the first and second endless belts, respectively, the first and second drive motors and the first and second endless belts being configured so that the first and second gripping members mechanically move independently of each other;
- and
- a controller automatically controlling the first gripping member via the first drive motor and the first endless belt and automatically controlling the second gripping member via the second drive motor and the second endless belt so that the first and second gripping members mechanically move independently of each other to grip the array between the first and second gripping members and move the gripped array to a different location for processing of the array.
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A method comprising:
- conveying packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets;
- and
- automatically controlling first and second gripping members so that the first and second gripping members mechanically move independently of each other to grip the array between the first and second gripping members and move the gripped array to a different location for processing of the array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.