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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Nathan E Moore, Montgomery, OH (US);
Ryan Andrew Burkhard, West Chester, OH (US);
Elizabeth Marie Fikes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Richard Royce, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); B67C 3/22 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2013.01); B65G 47/682 (2013.01); B67C 3/225 (2013.01); G05B 19/4189 (2013.01); G05B 19/41865 (2013.01); G05D 1/0263 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/047 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11);
Abstract
A system and method for independently routing container-located vehicles to create different finished products are disclosed. The vehicles are independently routable along a track system to deliver the containers to at least one unit operation station. At least some of the vehicles have a unique route associated therewith that is assigned by a control system to facilitate simultaneous production of different finished products.