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US 7,621,108 B1Granted
Assembling a packaged bundle using an adjustable multi-shelved product transporter
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJames Peter Brastauskas, Peter Vasilios Boumis, William Russel Clem
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Abstract
The use of a multi-shelved product transporter for transporting products, diverted from manufacturing lines, to a downstream packaging area is a cost effective way of assembling a packaged bundle of products.
Claims22
A method of assembling a packaged bundle of at least two products comprising the steps:
- a) diverting a first group of products from a manufacturing line to a diverted product site;
- b) loading the diverted first group of products from the diverted product site to a first shelf of a multi-shelved product transporter;
- c) diverting a second group of products from the manufacturing line to the diverted product site;
- d) adjusting the height of a second shelf of the multi-shelved product transporter for loading;
- e) loading the diverted second group of products from the diverted product site to the second shelf of the multi-shelved product transporter;
- f) transporting the multi-shelved product transporter loaded with products to a downstream packaging site;
- g) adjusting the height of the first shelf of the multi-shelved product transporter for product unloading;
- h) unloading the first group of products from the first shelf of the multi-shelved product transporter to the downstream packaging site;
- i) adjusting the height of the second shelf of the multi-shelved product transporter for product unloading;
- j) unloading the second group of products from the second shelf of the multi-shelved product transporter to the downstream packaging site;
- k) packaging a packaged bundle of at least two products from the unloaded products.
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A method of assembling a packaged bundle of at least a first product and a second product comprising the steps:
- a) diverting a first product from a first manufacturing line to a first diverted product site;
- b) grouping products of the diverted first product into at least a first group of first products and a second group of first products;
- c) loading the diverted first group of first products from the first diverted product site to a first shelf of a first multi-shelved product transporter;
- d) loading the diverted second group of first products from the first diverted product site to a second shelf of the first multi-shelved product transporter;
- e) diverting a second product from a second manufacturing line to a second diverted product site;
- f) grouping products of the diverted second products into at least a first group of second products and a second group of second products;
- g) loading the diverted first group of second products from the second diverted product site to a first shelf of a second multi-shelved product transporter;
- h) loading the diverted second group of second products from the second diverted product site to a second shelf of the second multi-shelved product transporter;
- i) transporting the first multi-shelved product transporter loaded with first products and the second multi-shelved product transporter loaded with second products to a downstream packaging site;
- j) unloading the first products from the first multi-shelved product transporter and the second products from the second multi-shelved product transporter to the downstream packaging site;
- k) packaging the packaged bundle of at least two products from the unloaded products, wherein at least one product of the two products is a first product and at least another product of the two products is a second product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.