Item packaging machine
AssigneeTension International, Inc.
InventorRobert Terzini
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Abstract
An item packaging machine is configured to fulfill a plurality of orders that each include one or more items. The item packaging machine includes an introduction assembly configured to index each item in a retaining notch that is advanced by a conveyor over a base. The conveyor advances each item to a label applicator assembly, where each item is verified by one or more cameras directed to at least one side of each item and a label is applied to each item. The conveyor advances each labeled item to a packaging assembly, where each item is verified and advanced into a package that includes order identification information applied thereon and that is configured to package the order that includes the item.
Claims20
A verification assembly configured to verify an item to fulfill an order, the verification assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first wall and a second wall;
- a receiving platform configured to receive the item thereon, the receiving platform selectively positionable relative to the housing in a selected position that includes a first position and a second position displaced from the first position, wherein in the second position, the first wall and the second wall are adjacent to the item;
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- a set of cameras configured to capture the item on the receiving platform in the selected position.
A verification assembly configured to verify an item to fulfill an order, the verification assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first wall and a second wall, wherein at least a portion of the first wall and the second wall are formed from a transparent material;
- a receiving platform configured to position the item adjacent the first wall and the second wall;
- a first camera configured to capture, through the first wall, a surface of the item directed toward the first wall, and
- a second camera configured to capture, through the second wall, a surface of the item directed toward the second wall.
A verification assembly configured to verify an item to fulfill an order, the verification assembly comprising:
- a conveyor including a plurality of V-shaped blocks that engage the item to advance the item along a conveyor run of the conveyor, each V-shaped block having a first surface and a second surface that form a retaining notch in which the item is retainable;
- a receiving platform configured to receive an item thereon from the conveyor, the receiving platform selectively positionable in a selected position that includes a first position and a second position displaced from the first position, wherein an item is advanceable onto the receiving platform in the first position via one of the plurality of V-shaped blocks;
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- a set of cameras configured to capture the item on the receiving platform in the selected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.