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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1991
David F Kuethe, Madison, WI (US);
Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A continuous and automatic system and method for packing a container with a utensil applied thereto in a carton forms a finished package. Initially, the containers travel along an infeed conveyor and are transferred by a transferring device to flighted belt. The transferring device includes a first sensor for sensing the presence of a backlog of the containers at the transferring device and for enabling the transferring device when the backlog is sensed. After being placed on the flighted belt, the containers have a respective wrapped utensil applied thereto. The applying device includes a second sensor which senses a presence of each successive container. A feedback device is also used for matching a selected line speed of the containers on the flighted belt with a transferring speed of the transferring device. Finally, each container with the utensil applied thereto is placed in a carton by a suitable cartoning device. The cartoning device also closes the carton about the container to form the finished package.