Container handling device and method
AssigneeAdvanced Manufacturing Technology
InventorsRodney S. Talbot, Thomas M. Ingraham
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Abstract
A method and system for packaging a plurality of containers, wherein each container has a body and an engagement lip surrounding a neck portion, which comprises a plurality of steps. First, a set of containers is provided. Next, containers are loaded on a plurality of neck guides and locomoted along the neck guides to a gathering area to form a bundle of containers. The container is lowered onto a conveyor element and transported with the conveyor along a path to a loading area. A transfer device stacks the bundle on a pallet.
Claims12
A method for packaging a plurality of containers, each of said plurality of containers having a body portion transitioning to a neck portion at an upper end of said body portion, said body portion having a bottom opposite said neck portion, said neck portion having an engagement lip extending outwardly from an outer periphery of said neck portion, said method comprising the steps of:
- A. providing a set of said containers;
- B. loading said set of containers on a transporting device;
- C. locomoting said set of containers via said transporting device to an elevator system to form a bundle of said containers;
- D. moving said bundle onto a locomoting device with said elevator system;
- E. transporting said bundle along a path to a loading area;
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- F. stacking said bundle on a pallet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.