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US 7,392,630 B2Granted
Packaging system having loading carousel
AssigneeGraphic Packaging International, Inc.
InventorColin P. Ford
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Abstract
A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and lowers them over product groups on a second side.
Claims27
A packaging system for packaging articles into containers, comprising:
- a container infeed system;
- a loading carousel having a first side and a second side, wherein the container infeed system feeds containers to the first side of the loading carousel;
- an article infeed system positioned to feed articles to the loading carousel;
- a packaging line disposed along the second side of the loading carousel, wherein the loading carousel loads the articles into the containers along the packaging line;
- and
- wherein the containers are fed to the first side of the loading carousel along a path of travel parallel to the packaging line.
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A packaging system for packaging articles into containers, comprising:
- a container infeed system;
- a loading carousel having at least a first side and a second side, wherein the container infeed system provides containers to the first side of the loading carousel, and wherein the loading carousel comprises a first rotatable support, a second rotatable support, and a plurality of carriers arranged around the rotatable supports;
- an article infeed system positioned adjacent to the loading carousel to feed articles to the loading carousel;
- a packaging line disposed along the second side of the loading carousel;
- and
- a selector station positioned upstream of and adjacent to the packaging line to arrange articles from the article infeed system into article groups and forward the article groups to the packaging line, wherein
- the loading carousel loads the article groups into the containers along the packaging line, and wherein
- the carriers are disposed on the loading carousel to carry the containers from a pickup position at the first side of the loading carousel where the containers are picked up, to a loading position at the second side of the loading carousel where the containers are lowered onto the article groups.
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A packaging system for packaging articles into containers, comprising:
- a container infeed system;
- a loading carousel having a first side and a second side, a first rotatable support, a second rotatable support, and a plurality of carriers arranged around the rotatable supports, wherein the container infeed system feeds containers to the first side of the loading carousel;
- an article infeed system positioned to feed articles to the loading carousel;
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- a packaging line disposed along the second side of the loading carousel, wherein the loading carousel loads the articles into the containers along the packaging line,
- wherein the carriers are disposed on the loading carousel to carry the containers from a pickup position at the first side of the loading carousel where the containers are picked up, to a loading position at the second side of the loading carousel where the containers are lowered onto the articles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.