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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2023
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventor:

Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 39/04 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 13/02 (2006.01); B65B 35/50 (2006.01); B65H 31/30 (2006.01); B65H 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 35/50 (2013.01); B65B 5/06 (2013.01); B65B 13/02 (2013.01); B65H 31/30 (2013.01); B65H 31/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated packaging system for automated collating, stacking and transferring long cut retail edge marker strips exiting a roll fed high speed slitter/perforator/cutter apparatus includes a series of angled and stepped baffles configured to receive the cut retail edge marking strips and allow them to fall into and accumulate in bins formed by each angled baffle and then be removed from each bin consecutively by an automated pusher acting orthogonally to the bins to move and collate the retail edge markers into a final stack collated to meet a specific store planogram requirement. An automated transfer unit moves the final stack downstream for further packaging, which may include automated banding and loading of the final stack into an empty container for shipment to the store having the specific planogram requirement.


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