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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Robert Bennett, West Midlands, GB;
Inventor:
Robert Bennett, West Midlands, GB;
Assignee:
Ishida Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 25/00 (2006.01); B65G 57/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stacking conveyor conveys packets so that the conveyed packets become stacked together in a standing up configuration as an array of packets. First and second gripping members are automatically controlled so that the first and second gripping members mechanically move independently of each other to grip the array between the first and second gripping members and move the gripped array to a different location such as, for example, to a packaging station for packaging the array.