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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Delkor Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ronald Scott Thompson, Hugo, MN (US);
Adam Mark Koller, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Delkor Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/10 (2006.01); B65B 5/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B65B 35/38 (2006.01); B65B 35/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/08 (2013.01); B25J 15/0061 (2013.01); B65B 35/38 (2013.01); B65B 35/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packaging loader for loading products into packaging has a conveyor, a collator, and a nesting assembly. The conveyor conveys products to the collator, where the products are collected and, subsequently, transferred to the nesting assembly. The nesting assembly rearranges at least some of the products for placement into the packaging. Once the products have been properly arranged by the nesting assembly, they are placed within the packaging. The process repeats, as desired, to arrange one or more layers of products within the packaging.