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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2023
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Henri Theo Leonie Ruers, Antwerp, BE;
Andrea Ziantoni Liberatori, La Hulpe, BE;
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 35/40 (2005.12); B65B 1/06 (2005.12); B65B 7/28 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 35/40 (2012.12); B65B 1/06 (2012.12); B65B 7/2842 (2012.12);
Abstract
A process for packaging a product. The product is dispensed into a tray by a dispensing system while the tray is moving beneath the dispensing system. The dispensing system includes a hopper that releases products that are funneled in the tray. The dispensing system includes two legs that each rotate about a respective pivot that constrain the product as the product is transported from the hopper into the tray.