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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Miami, OH (US);
Michael John Mers-kelly, Hartford, ME (US);
Adal Amine Tecleab, Woodlawn, OH (US);
Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Miami, OH (US);
Michael John Mers-Kelly, Hartford, ME (US);
Adal Amine Tecleab, Woodlawn, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A product handling system includes a product conveyor capable of transporting a plurality of products. An overhead diverter assembly includes a flighted conveyor situated substantially orthogonal to the product conveyor that includes a flight. A transport containment device is located at least partially below the flighted conveyor. A control system operates the overhead diverter such that the flighted conveyor has a diverting mode and a cassette filling mode. When the flighted conveyor is in the diverting mode, the flight moves in a profiled motion to acquire the product from the product conveyor at a location beneath the overhead diverter and transports the product along the transport containment device.