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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Julie OiLun Lim, West Chester, OH (US);
John Boyet Stevens, Mason, OH (US);
James Dyess, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Clint Adam Morrow, Union, KY (US);
Jeffrey Todd Petach, Madeira, OH (US);
Ryan Alan Klenke, Deerfield Township, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A method comprises steps of: providing an initial package design, providing an initial package-handling element design, modeling the interaction of the package and the package-handling element, and altering one of the package design or the package-handling element design according to the results of the model. Wherein the initial package-handling element design comprises at least one item selected from the group consisting of: a motion transfer component comprising a combination of discrete geometrically defined elements, package guide rails, package guide rail supports, vacuum conveying components, and combinations thereof. And wherein the interaction reflects the package interaction with the discrete elements of a multi-element motion transfer component or the package guide rails having a flexibility greater than zero, or package guide rail supports having a finite stiffness, or a combination thereof.