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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jason Matthew Orndorff, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Christopher Robert Lyman, Milford, OH (US);
Elizabeth Marie Fikes, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Richard Royce, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Ryan Andrew Burkhard, West Chester, OH (US);
Nathan E Moore, Montgomery, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/22 (2006.01); B67C 3/24 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B67B 1/00 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01); B67B 3/00 (2006.01); B67C 7/00 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/225 (2013.01); B65G 47/682 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01); B67B 1/00 (2013.01); B67B 3/00 (2013.01); B67C 3/24 (2013.01); G05D 1/0263 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01); B65B 7/2835 (2013.01); B65B 2210/02 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01); B67C 7/002 (2013.01); B67C 7/0006 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for independently routing vehicles and delivering containers and closures to unit operation stations are disclosed. The containers and closures can, in some cases, be transported on the same vehicle. In other cases, the containers and closures can be transported on different vehicles.