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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Westrock Packaging Systems, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jean-Christophe Bonnain, Châteauroux, FR;
WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A product management system () includes—a continuous first track (), including a lug queuing section (), a lug engagement section (), and a product engagement section (), each section being configured and adapted to effectuate specific lug movement steps, —a continuous chain () partially following the track configured and adapted to actuate lugs () about at least a portion of the track, —a series of lugs () moveably disposed along the track () configured for moving a product along the product engagement section of the track, —a star wheel () disposed at the lug engagement section () of the track () configured for metering lugs () to engage the chain () from the queuing section () of the track () and to control a variable pitch between each of the lugs along the transferring chain, —and a magnetism source () configured to direct the lugs () to the queuing section (), and to the end of the queuing section ().