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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney S. Talbot, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas M. Ingraham, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/724 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/724 ;
Abstract
A method and system for packaging a plurality of containers, wherein each container has a body and an engagement lip surrounding a neck portion, which comprises a plurality of steps. First, a set of containers is provided. Next, containers are loaded on a plurality of neck guides and locomoted along the neck guides to a gathering area to form a bundle of containers. The container is lowered onto a conveyor element and transported with the conveyor along a path to a loading area. A transfer device stacks the bundle on a pallet.