Packaging apparatuses, systems, and methods
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsTodd S. Tiffany, Tristan E. Lee
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Abstract
A packaging apparatus comprising a base surface, in turn comprising a first end and a second end is disclosed. The packaging apparatus further comprises a feed tube between the first end and the second end of the base surface, a transporter between the first end of the base surface and the feed tube, a first sealer between the feed tube and the second end of the base surface, and a second sealer between the first sealer and the second end of the base surface.
Claims28
A packaging apparatus (102) comprising:
- a base surface (104) comprising a first end (106) and a second end (108);
- a feed tube (110) between the first end (106) and the second end (108) of the base surface (104);
- a transporter (118) between the first end (106) of the base surface (104) and the feed tube (110);
- a first sealer (130) between the feed tube (110) and the second end (108) of the base surface (104);
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- a second sealer (132) between the first sealer (130) and the second end (108) of the base surface (104).
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A packaging system (100) comprising:
- a base surface (104) comprising a first end (106) and a second end (108);
- a feed tube (110) between the first end (106) and the second end (108) of the base surface (104);
- a transporter (118) between the first end (106) of the base surface (104) and the feed tube (110);
- a first sealer (130) between the feed tube (110) and the second end (108) of the base surface (104);
- a second sealer (132) between the first sealer (130) and the second end (108) of the base surface (104);
- a position sensor (180) between the first sealer (130) and the second sealer (132);
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- a robotic arm (156) operatively coupled with the position sensor (180).
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A packaging method (200) comprising:
- coupling an open end (190) of a sleeve (143) to a feed tube (110);
- advancing a component (150) through the feed tube (110) until the component (150) is entirely within the sleeve (143);
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- sealing the sleeve (143) from the open end (190).
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