B65B57/06

Method of and apparatus for packaging snack food chips

A method of packaging snack food chips, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of snack food chips as a shingled assembly of the snack food chips; (b) enclosing the shingled assembly within an elongate packaging container; (c) vibrating the shingled assembly supported so as to cause the snack food chips sequentially to fall from a free output end into the elongate packaging container while progressively translationally separating a closed end and the free output end to form a shingled stack extending away from the closed end; and (d) during at least a part of step (c), rotating the elongate packaging container so that the closed end is lowered while decreasing an angle of inclination such that the shingled stack is being progressively formed.

Method of and apparatus for packaging snack food chips

A method of packaging snack food chips, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of snack food chips as a shingled assembly of the snack food chips; (b) enclosing the shingled assembly within an elongate packaging container; (c) vibrating the shingled assembly supported so as to cause the snack food chips sequentially to fall from a free output end into the elongate packaging container while progressively translationally separating a closed end and the free output end to form a shingled stack extending away from the closed end; and (d) during at least a part of step (c), rotating the elongate packaging container so that the closed end is lowered while decreasing an angle of inclination such that the shingled stack is being progressively formed.

STRETCH WRAPPING MACHINE WITH DISPENSE RATE CONTROL BASED ON SENSED RATE OF DISPENSED PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PREDICTED LOAD GEOMETRY
20210070485 · 2021-03-11 ·

A method, apparatus and program product control a dispense rate of a packaging material dispenser of a stretch wrapping apparatus by utilizing a combination of a sensed rate of packaging material exiting the dispenser and a predicted geometric relationship between the packaging material dispenser and the load.

STRETCH WRAPPING MACHINE WITH DISPENSE RATE CONTROL BASED ON SENSED RATE OF DISPENSED PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PREDICTED LOAD GEOMETRY
20210070485 · 2021-03-11 ·

A method, apparatus and program product control a dispense rate of a packaging material dispenser of a stretch wrapping apparatus by utilizing a combination of a sensed rate of packaging material exiting the dispenser and a predicted geometric relationship between the packaging material dispenser and the load.

AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR MIXING AND DISPENSING LIQUID DETERGENTS REMOTELY CONTROLLED
20210023518 · 2021-01-28 ·

An automated machine is provided for mixing and dispensing liquid detergents remotely controlled by a control software connected to a server which updates product databases, which is executed, together with other software for dispensing and delivering liquid content and surfactant detergent with anionic and cationic tensio-active chemical compounds as the basis of its selected formulation of Genapol, sodium phenyl sulfonate and the sodium lauryl sulfonate with preservatives such as formaldehyde and bactericides such as glutaraldehyde in a mixture of concentrated detergent with water in a proportion between 30% and 40%; where said machine is manipulated with a touch screen that drives two types of injectors that send product, to make the liquid mixture, to a static mixer or to a dynamic mixer and said machine conducts said mixed liquid to a tank of finished product to be dispensed by a filling spout placed on the front of a container-shaped casing.

COMPUTERISED METHOD FOR MANAGING END-TO-END PILL DISPENSING, PACKING, FORECASTING, ORDERING, AND SPACE PLANNING IN A NETWORKED SYSTEM
20210027874 · 2021-01-28 ·

The methods, automated and networked systems, and their components described herein are directed to applying logic flows and decision tree analysis, to manage pill dispensing and packaging of the dispensed pills into a blister pack in a high-volume pill dispensing environment. The described inventions provide end-to-end automation for a full cycle, start to finish, for the pill dispensing and packaging process.

The disclosed embodiments include several hardware components that are used to accomplish either partial or full pill dispensing and packaging process. Various determinations, logic and process navigations, real-time decision-making processes, and analysis of large amounts of data through high speed processors, are deployed through the provided process flow architecture described.

A computerized automated method for managing end-to-end medical pill dispensing and packaging process in a private computerized networked environment is described. The method also provides inventory management and space planning and optimization solutions. The method utilizes deep learning concepts to constantly improve the process and make it efficient and faster.

The method is used for dispensing and packaging medical pills in a blister pack for a patient in accordance with a prescription that is specific to the patient. The hardware used by the method is communicatively connected through a private computerized network. The hardware components include one or more computing devices comprising processor hardware, a plurality of laptop or mobile devices, one or more robot car parking stations, pack separators, drug dispensers, robot cars, manual verification stations, printer stations, sealing stations, unloading stations, and storage and delivery stations.

The method uses a central server that includes a processor, a system memory, and a decision logic module, wherein the processor is coupled to the system memory through an input/output (I/O) interface, and the decision logic module is communicatively connected to the processor.

The central server that includes a processor activates a prescription extraction flow module to extract a prescription from a client computer. These prescription include patient data and medication data. The patient data includes the patient's name and patient's date of birth, and the medication data includes a list of one or more medical pills prescribed for the patient, the quantity of pills for each of the one or more medical pills prescribed for the patient, and the hours of administration (HOA) of the one or more medical pills. It may include additional information such as addresses.

The extracted prescription are

VALUE ADDED SUBSTRATE INTERLEAVING SYSTEM
20200371499 · 2020-11-26 · ·

A system for interleaving substrate under food products is provided. The system includes an interleaver assembly configured to interleave substrate with food products. A programmable logic controller (PLC) includes a sensor in communication with the interleaver assembly. The sensor is configured to detect an identifier provided on each substrate stock of a plurality of substrate stocks, and each identifier is associated with an interleaving profile. The interleaver assembly interleaves the substrate with the food product according to a specific interleaving profile in response to the sensor detecting the identifier on the substrate stock.

Systems and methods for filling inoculations
10807749 · 2020-10-20 ·

Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for systems and methods to dynamically filling inoculations in proper quantities. Embodiments are directed towards a multi-dose prefilled reconstituted device (MPRD) that is configured to automatically prepare a plurality of vials for inoculations quickly and accurately, wherein the MPRD is a transportable device that may be moved from a laboratory environment to a field environment and/or a clinical environment.

Systems and methods for filling inoculations
10807749 · 2020-10-20 ·

Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for systems and methods to dynamically filling inoculations in proper quantities. Embodiments are directed towards a multi-dose prefilled reconstituted device (MPRD) that is configured to automatically prepare a plurality of vials for inoculations quickly and accurately, wherein the MPRD is a transportable device that may be moved from a laboratory environment to a field environment and/or a clinical environment.

Refill container labeling

Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques for labeling a refill contain and/or for enabling operation of the refill container by a dispensing system based upon one or more indicia of the label satisfying a dispensing key are provided. In an example, a label may be applied to a refill container. The label may comprise a first region having a first indicia that may correspond to a shape, color, and/or texture (e.g., a yellow star indicia). A dispensing system may enable operation of the refill container (e.g., installation and/or dispensing of material from the refill container) based upon the first indicia satisfying a dispensing key (e.g., a yellow key component and/or a star shape component). Otherwise, the dispensing system does not enable operation of the refill container (e.g., the refill container is not genuine or is not an appropriate refill container type).