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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2021
Morrison Timing Screw Company, Glenwood, IL (US);
Ryan Finke, Chicago, IL (US);
Nick Lynn Wilson, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Mark Burk, Highland, IN (US);
Lee Kuipers, Lansing, IL (US);
Timothy J. Dupin, Schererville, IN (US);
Armando Garza, Highland, IN (US);
Chris L J Wilson, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Morrison Timing Screw Company, Glenwood, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for forming horizontally stacked groups of containers includes an infeed screw set, an orienting screw set, and a grouping mechanism. Containers are presented to the infeed screw in a vertical orientation, and are progressed from the infeed screw set to the orienting screw set via a transitioning pocket defined by overlapping pockets of the infeed and orienting screw sets. As containers are progressed through the orienting screw the containers are rotated via a series of orienting pockets to a horizontal orientation and progressed via a series of nesting pockets to form a series of horizontally nested containers. The series is discharged to a grouping mechanism which separates a predefined number of containers from the series to form a horizontally stacked group, which is outfed from the stacking system.