Patent classifications
B65C5/00
Material sorting and filling device and methodology for use with plastic bags incorporating interlocking strip fasteners
An extensible device supporting a multidimensional sorting method for the concurrent sorting and filling of lightweight materials into plastic bags, with interlocking strip fasteners. The device comprising a planar array of at least one ribbed tubular insert, integrated vertically onto a thin plate, and supported above a work surface. Each ribbed tubular insert having an exterior surface comprising a plurality of ridges and grooves circumscribing the perimeter of the insert about its elongated axis, and containing a smooth-wall hollow core, with a top opening for loading, and a bottom opening for discharging at a distal end. The tongue and groove of the bag strip fastener securely engages with the insert ridges and grooves, thereby allowing the bags and associated fill material to be vertically suspended above the work surface. The array of inserts and bags are labeled similarly to associate the selected sorting criteria with the applicable bag contents.
Multi-tag article securement
A secured article may include a tag set comprising a first tag and a second tag, each tag attached to the article. A secured article may include a disablement structure. A secured article may include attached to the article in physical proximity to the first tag. A secured article may include in electromagnetic relationship with the second tag. A secured article may include disabling operation of the second tag absent altering the electromagnetic relationship.
Multi-tag article securement
A secured article may include a tag set comprising a first tag and a second tag, each tag attached to the article. A secured article may include a disablement structure. A secured article may include attached to the article in physical proximity to the first tag. A secured article may include in electromagnetic relationship with the second tag. A secured article may include disabling operation of the second tag absent altering the electromagnetic relationship.