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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lloyd D Johnson, Portland, CT (US);
Assignee:
Standard-Knapp, Inc., Portland, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1984193 ; 1984182 ;
Abstract
A grouping system for a packaging line is provided with first and second pin conveyors adapted to group predetermined number of articles in a line without segregating the group from the line has the ability to feed the line of articles in timed relationship to a third pin conveyor which engages the leading group of articles from the line to accelerate it into a flight bar conveyor system provided in a continuous motion packer that is capable of packing the group of articles into a case fed into the load station in timed relationship with the progress of the article group through that load station.