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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
R.a. Pearson Company, Spokane, WA (US);
Michael James Johnson, Spokane, WA (US);
Steven Joseph Allard, Spokane, WA (US);
David John Nelson, Spokane, WA (US);
Pearson Packaging Systems, Spokane, WA (US);
Abstract
Flight and indexing assemblies for automated packaging systems provide better product spacing for faster and more reliable automation. In an example, a plurality of flights may include a plate- or sheet-like body with a perpendicular flange extending from an upper portion of the flight. Two adjacent flanges contain a pouch or other product to be packaged in a case. A flange constrains an upper portion of each pouch to a confined and predetermined area, thereby aiding grippers of an end-of-arm tool to grasp the pouches. A flight and product indexing assembly is configured to control spacing between adjacent flights, and to position pouches constrained between adjacent flights, so that flights position product at predetermined locations for gripping by the end-of-arm tool.
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