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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Clifford Theodore Papsdorf, Loveland, OH (US);
Jason Lee Debruler, West Chester, OH (US);
Rodney Alan Holloway, Mariemont, OH (US);
Jennifer Lynn Tuertscher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An article grouping system is disclosed. The article grouping system includes a transport member movable in a first direction and an outfeed carrier apparatus having an outfeed carrier surface that is movable in a second direction. The transport member is positioned proximate to the outfeed carrier surface. The article grouping system includes a transfer apparatus having a frame and an article stabilization member operatively connected with the frame. The article stabilization member includes upstream and downstream support members spaced apart from the downstream support member in the second direction to define an article transfer receptacle. The article stabilization member moves from an engaging location proximate to the transport member to a variable disengaging location adjacent to the outfeed carrier surface and back to the engaging location.