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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Andrew Burkhard, West Chester, OH (US);
Nathan E Moore, Montgomery, OH (US);
Elizabeth Marie Fikes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Richard Royce, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/24 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01); B67C 3/22 (2006.01); B65B 59/00 (2006.01); B65B 65/00 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/225 (2013.01); B65B 59/00 (2013.01); B65B 65/003 (2013.01); B65B 65/006 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01); B67C 3/24 (2013.01); B67C 7/002 (2013.01); B67C 7/004 (2013.01); B67C 7/0006 (2013.01); B65B 2210/02 (2013.01); B65B 2210/04 (2013.01); B65G 35/06 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0261 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for simultaneously filling containers of different shapes and/or sizes are disclosed. A plurality of vehicles are routable along a track system to facilitate simultaneous delivery of first containers and second containers to different unit operation stations. The first and second containers may differ from one another in outer shape and/or interior volume.