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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1999
Whitney S. Powers, Pine City, NY (US);
Box Loader, LLC, Pine City, NY (US);
Abstract
A packing apparatus for packing multiple layers of containers into a receptacle is shown. The packing apparatus includes a placement assembly and a carriage assembly. The placement assembly includes a plurality of pickup devices mounted on one end of a moveable arm. The arm is moveable so that the pickup devices can pick up and transfer the containers to the receptacle. The receptacle is supported by the carriage assembly. The carriage assembly includes a moveable carriage that adjustably moves the position of the receptacle, relative to the placement assembly, to enable the articles to be placed into the receptacle in a preselected pattern. A system controller controls the timing, sequence, and movement of the placement assembly and the carriage assembly, both individually and relative to each other, in order to place and pack the containers into the receptacle in the preselected pattern.