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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2008
Dale G. Porter, South Lake, TX (US);
Dan C. Porter, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert J. Schafer, Belding, MI (US);
Larry R. Magnuson, Muskegon, MI (US);
Dale G. Porter, South Lake, TX (US);
Dan C. Porter, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert J. Schafer, Belding, MI (US);
Larry R. Magnuson, Muskegon, MI (US);
Porter Technologies, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A package unbundling station receives bundles of articles to be unwrapped. The station includes a clamp for holding a bundle in a fixed position and a pair of spaced-apart movable cutter assemblies which cut at least one of wrapping and banding on at least two sides of the bundle, resulting in an 'open envelope' which is transferred to a work station for easy removal of the articles which are then conveyed for subsequent sorting. In one embodiment, an unbundling station is coupled with a package sorting system and receives banded and/or wrapped bundles of articles and includes at least a pair of spaced-apart movable cutter assemblies which cut at least one of the banding and/or wrapping materials of the bundle and subsequently outputs the opened bundle to an output station for subsequent processing.
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