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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Christopher Notsch, New Brighton, MN (US);
Christopher Notsch, New Brighton, MN (US);
Delkor Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus and method are presented for loading product containers into a crate wherein the crate is a reusable crate having four sides, which may be distorted bowed or bent relative to a nominal position. The system has a conveyer to convey the crate to an actuation assembly. The actuation assembly then actuates the crate into contact with a bracing assembly. The bracing assembly has four bracing members, each of which has at least one bracing block engaged thereto. Each bracing block has a grasping portion which contacts and bias against one of the four sides of the crate when the crate is actuated into engagement with the bracing assembly so as to reposition the sides of the crate to be in the nominal position.