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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Colin Ford, Woodstock, GA (US);
Thomas Rice, Cumming, GA (US);
Steven Brown, Canton, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Marietta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A product packaging system for receiving a series of products from one or more product transport lines. The products are loaded into a series of carriers and transported through a downstream inserter unit. Inserter assemblies moving in timed relation with the movement of the carriers through the inserter unit engage and urge the products out carriers and into a carton for packaging.