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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2009
Jean-christophe Bonnain, Chateauroux, FR;
Pascal Martini, LePoinconnet, FR;
Jean-Christophe Bonnain, Chateauroux, FR;
Pascal Martini, LePoinconnet, FR;
Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
An article configuration system comprising a first conveyor () for transferring articles (B) from an input and a second conveyor (), disposed at a non-linear angle relative to the first conveyor, for transferring articles to an output. The article processing system comprises a mechanism () for transferring articles from the first conveyor () to the second conveyor (). The mechanism () is structured and arranged to facilitate the reorganization of articles conveyed by the first conveyor such that when transferred to the second conveyor the articles are disposed in adjacent metered lanes (-) and wherein the number of adjacent metered lanes of articles conveyed by the second conveyor () is greater than the number of adjacent lanes of articles () conveyed by the first conveyor.