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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2017
Applicant:
R.a Jones & Co., Covington, KY (US);
Inventor:
Thorsten Simm, Florence, KY (US);
Assignee:
R.A Jones & Co., Covington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 47/244 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/261 (2013.01); B65G 47/244 (2013.01); B65G 47/681 (2013.01); B65G 47/912 (2013.01);
Abstract
Article packaging apparatus includes a multiple lane article infeed, first and second transfers, an intermediate article orientation station and an article group discharge conveyor. The first and second transfers have respective article grippers expansible and contractible toward and away from one another while the intermediate article orientation station includes article rotating trays spaced further apart then the lanes of the article infeed.