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Drug supply apparatus

A drug supply apparatus that packages a drug with packaging paper that is conveyed from an upstream side to a downstream side, the packaging paper being folded in half with an opening on an upper side, the drug supply apparatus including: a nozzle that dispenses the drug into the packaging paper, the packaging paper including a sealed part, in which the nozzle includes: an insertion guidance piece that protrudes downward and positions a folded part of a lower end of the packaging paper in a state of being inserted in the packaging paper from the opening on the upper side, and a posture adjustment part that guides to inside of the packaging paper the drug, and causes the drug to stand while shifting the drug toward the sealed part side in the packaging paper, the posture adjustment part being provided on the downstream side of the insertion guidance piece.
Owner:PHC HLDG CORP

Auto induction from autobagger to sorting robot

System for packing and sorting comprises: a server comprising a memory, a processor, and a sortation engine, an automated packaging device, and a packaging sorting system. The automated packaging device is configured to: receive one or more sorted articles through an opening of a repository of the automated packaging device, and seal the repository to form a package. The package sorting system configured to: direct a package computer controlled vehicle to move to a receiving position about the automated packaging device for receiving the package from the automated packaging device, and direct the package computer controlled vehicle to transport and deposit the received package into a package receptacle.
Owner:TOMPKINS ROBOTICS INC

Multi-specification emulsion explosive off-line loading system

The invention relates to the technical field of emulsion explosive packaging, in particular to a multi-specification emulsion explosive off-line loading system which comprises a conveying mechanism, a stacking mechanism, a discharging mechanism and a boxing mechanism, and the stacking mechanism, the discharging mechanism and the boxing mechanism are arranged at the output end of the conveying mechanism. The stacking mechanism comprises a bearing assembly, a stacking frame assembly arranged on the bearing assembly and a power assembly arranged on the bearing assembly and used for driving the stacking frame assembly to change the state. The two elastic toothed plates can be automatically unfolded, the opening directions of the two elastic toothed plates are adjusted, emulsion explosives are stably received for boxing, discharging is gentle, the emulsion explosives are stacked layer by layer at intervals for stable transportation, products are prevented from being extruded and broken, and the problems that in the emulsion explosive boxing and transporting process, the products are stacked layer by layer, and the product quality is poor are solved. And the safety is relatively low.
Owner:ZHEJIANG YONGLIAN CIVIL EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS

System and methods for reducing multi-container packing errors

A system and devices for automating and computerizing audits, tracking, and error prevention associated with container packing events and, in particular, multi-container packing events at a storage facility, yard, warehouse, or the like. In some cases, the systems and devices may be configured to monitor and detect errors or issues with packing items and send alerts and control signals to agents, such as autonomous agents, to correct the detected errors.
Owner:KOIREADER TECHNOLOGIES INC

A method and a system for managing the serialisation and tracing of packs of products to be grouped and inserted in a respective container

The method for managing the serialisation and tracing of packs of products, which are to be gathered in groups of packs to be inserted in respective containers, comprises: picking up, from a first conveyor means (1), a first series of packs of products (P) for which a respective series of reference codes (a, b, c) present thereon has been collected and memorised, and forming a group (P1, P2) of packs of products internally of a seat (21, 22) of the second conveyor means (2), memorising the position of the seat (21, 22) on the second conveyor means (2) and transferring the seat (21, 22) to a transfer station (ST); using a third conveyor means (3) for transferring a container (A1, A2) into the transfer station (ST) and transferring the group (P1, P2) of packs of products for which the reference codes have been memorised from the seat (21, 22) of the conveyor means (2) into the container (A1, A2), The method further comprises, before or after transferring the group (P1, P2) of packs of products into the second container (A1, A2), applying on the container (A1 A2) a tracing code bearing a datum representing the reference codes which had been memorised and which are present in the packs of products of the second group (P1, P2) of packs of products.
Owner:MARCHESINI GROUP SPA

Automatic box sleeving equipment for large-size display screen

The invention relates to automatic box sleeving equipment for a large-size display screen. The automatic box sleeving equipment comprises a single box positioning device, the carton opening claw comprises a center suction cup frame and a side wing suction cup frame, the center suction cup frame adsorbs the long side face of a carton, the side wing suction cup frame adsorbs the wide side face of the carton, the side wing suction cup frame is connected with the center suction cup frame, and the side wing suction cup frame circumferentially rotates around the high side of the carton. The box conveying device is connected with the center suction cup frame. The upper side of the bearing table bears a workpiece; the flaring device exerts outward force from the long side face of the carton along with the carton sleeving action before the carton enters the workpiece bottom support. The support entering device comprises a plurality of support entering guide plates which are distributed around the peripheral side of the workpiece bottom support, the upper ends of the support entering guide plates are higher than the workpiece bottom support, the lower ends of the support entering guide plates are lower than the upper side of the workpiece bottom support, and the outer sides of the support entering guide plates abut against the inner side of the carton in a flaring mode so that the carton can be arranged in the workpiece bottom support in a sleeved mode in the mode that the carton opening is not smaller than the workpiece bottom support. The method has the effect of achieving high-success-rate box sleeving of the large-size display screen.
Owner:SHENZHEN TONGXING HIGH TECHINDUTION EQUIP CO LTD

Systems and methods of controlling the loading of packages in fulfilling orders

Some embodiments provide order packaging control systems, comprising: a product packaging (PP) control circuit communicatively couple with an automated custom package fabrication (CPF) system configured to fabricate on demand custom packages, an automated product retrieval (PR) system configured to autonomously retrieve one or more products, pick stations, and a set of sensor systems. The PP control circuit can be configured to receive orders; prioritize the orders and define an order fulfillment sequence, track states of the PR system and the CPF system; determine product retrieval timing, and correspondingly determine fabrication timing of when the CPF system is to fabricate corresponding packaging; and control the PR system and the CPF system in controlling synchronous operation of the PR system and the CPF system to synchronize an availability of products of an order at a pick station and an availability of a custom package at the pick station.
Owner:WALMART APOLLO LLC

Conveying device for adhesive tape packaging

The invention provides a conveying device for adhesive tape packaging, and relates to the technical field of adhesive tape packaging, the conveying device comprises a conveyor supporting seat, a conveying rack is mounted above the conveyor supporting seat, two rack rotating shafts are rotatably connected to the interior of the conveying rack, two driving belt wheels are fixedly connected to the rack rotating shafts, and a conveying belt is mounted on the driving belt wheels on the two sides; the rear end of the rack rotating shaft at the left end is connected with a conveying driving part rotating shaft, the interior of the conveying rack is connected with a directional baffle through a baffle connecting frame, and the fixing mode of the conveying device to the rubber belt is that the rubber belt is fixed by tightly pushing the inner wall of a rubber belt barrel through a telescopic supporting rod; in the process, the belt body surface of the conveying device can be prevented from being contacted with the adhesive tape cutting surface, so that the situation that the adhesive tape cutting surface is adhered to the belt body surface and is not easy to separate is avoided, and the problem that the adhesive tape cutting surface is adhered to the conveying device due to overflowing of residual adhesive when being adhered to the surface of the conveying device is solved. And the adhesive tape is not easy to separate from the surface of the conveying device.
Owner:SUZHOU KEDUOLI ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Dispensable unit retrieval mechanism

A system enables management of dispensable units by supporting functions such as retrieval, scheduled distribution, analysis, and notifications. To this end, a dispensable retrieval mechanism may be programmed to carry out blind retrievals of dispensable units using a retrieval strategy with a predetermined sequence of retrieval attempts (e.g., fixed or varying two-dimensional retrieval patterns), which may be open loop or closed loop. Techniques may also include the identification of dispensable units through optical sensors and weight measurement devices that can detect, e.g., a texture, a shape, and a size of dispensable units. Such identification can be used to program retrieval attempts by a retrieval robot and in the formulation of the retrieval pattern. Additionally, networked notification systems for dispensable units can be used for updating rules or schedules related to the dispensable units, or alerting users and remote resources of any potential misuse or hazards of the dispensable units.
Owner:HERO HEALTH INC

Boxing machine

The utility model discloses a boxing machine. The boxing machine comprises a paper box conveying line, a horizontally extending material conveying line, a rack, a stacking gripper mechanism, a paper box arraying mechanism, a material pushing and box entering mechanism, a box folding and sealing mechanism and a box discharging mechanism. The paper box conveying line and the material conveying line are arranged side by side and penetrate through the rack, the paper box arraying mechanism and the material pushing and boxing mechanism are installed on the paper box conveying line, the material pushing and boxing mechanism is located above the paper box arraying mechanism, and the stacking gripper mechanism is movably installed on the rack and located on the side face of the paper box arraying mechanism. The box folding and sealing mechanism is installed on the rack and located in front of the paper box arraying mechanism, and the box discharging mechanism is arranged at the front end of the paper box conveying line and the front end of the material conveying line. According to the boxing machine, different material types of the same product can be conveyed through multiple lines, the steps of stacking, boxing, cover folding, box sealing and the like are automatically completed respectively, and time and labor are saved.
Owner:MAYBACH ROBOTICS (KUNSHAN) CO LTD

Shipping container packaging with thermal regulation

PendingUS20250368420A1Lighting and heating apparatusShock-sensitive articlesRadiant heat transferBottle
Shipping container packaging has a top and bottom tray and a divider assembly including interconnected longitudinal and lateral panels and at least one thermal regulation element to form article surrounding voids or chambers. The at least one thermal regulation element includes heat transfer surfaces in direct radiant heat transfer relation to the articles. In one form, the thermal regulation element includes a refrigerant. In one form, the divider assembly includes plural thermal regulation elements. In one form, the assembly defines bottle surrounding chambers.
Owner:GRAFCOR PACKAGING

System and method for production and fulfillment

Aspects of the present application relate to an order fulfillment system that may include one or more product induction regions. A given product induction region may include a plurality of product storage apparatuses, each holding a plurality of products, and a product transfer apparatus operable to transfer a product, among the plurality of products, into a shipping container. The order fulfillment system may include autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). An AMR may move to a shipping container delivery system to receive a shipping container and then move the shipping container to the product transfer apparatus to receive the product. The AMR may then move to a further location for further processing of the shipping container. The order fulfillment system may be combined with a production system. The product storage apparatuses may be universal crates, which may be returned to production system when empty to be refilled with products.
Owner:LIGHTS OUT FULFILLMENT SYSTEMS INC

Stacking and film winding equipment and control method thereof

The invention discloses stacking and film winding equipment and a control method thereof.The stacking and film winding equipment comprises a tray conveying assembly used for inputting empty trays and outputting solid trays; the tray distributing assembly is used for receiving and storing the empty trays on the tray conveying assembly; the stacking robot is used for carrying out material stacking on the empty trays; the film winding robot is used for carrying out film winding and packaging on the solid trays; the first stacking assembly is used for conveying the empty trays from the tray distributing assembly to the stacking robot; and the second stacking assembly is used for conveying the solid trays packaged by the film winding robot to the tray conveying assembly to be output. Empty trays are conveyed to the stacking robot from the tray distributing assembly through the first stacking assembly, then solid trays packaged by the film winding robot are conveyed to the tray conveying assembly through the second stacking assembly to be output, in this way, stacking and film winding of the logistics warehouse management system can be integrally completed, and the overall operation efficiency is improved.
Owner:SHENZHEN NEW TREND INT ROBOT CO LTD

Systems and methods for automated packaging and processing containers for shipping with place stack transfer management

An automated packing system for placing at least one object into a container is disclosed. The automated packing system includes an input conveyance system for providing empty containers to a packing station, a multidirectional unit at the packing station for receiving the container and for urging the container against a corner provided by two braces, a programmable motion device for packing the container with objects provided by source containers, and an output conveyance system for receiving the container from the multidirectional unit following packing.
Owner:BERKSHIRE GREY OPERATING CO INC

Method and device for boxing objects

The invention relates to a method for boxing objects. The method comprises the steps that a plurality of candidate subspaces in a box body are determined based on the current state of the space in the box body; coding the plurality of candidate subspaces and the size of a first object to be loaded into the box body into a candidate subspace embedding sequence and a first object embedding sequence; performing attention processing on the candidate subspace embedding sequence and the first object embedding sequence to obtain a candidate subspace feature sequence subjected to attention processing and a first object feature sequence subjected to attention processing; and determining a position in the box body for placing the first object based on the attention processed candidate subspace feature sequence and the attention processed first object feature sequence.
Owner:ROBERT BOSCH GMBH

Special-shaped plate laser coding and packaging assembly line and process thereof

The invention discloses a special-shaped plate laser coding packaging assembly line and a process thereof. Comprising reagent plate laser code printing equipment used for laser code printing, a reagent plate conveying device used for carrying reagent plates at a fixed distance, a suction pipe feeding and carrying device used for horizontally carrying suction pipes at a fixed distance, a packaging bag feeding device used for providing packaging bags and opening the packaging bags, and a main line conveying device used for conveying the packaging bags in an anti-jumping mode. The drying agent cutting and feeding device is used for rotationally carrying drying agents, the transfer bagging and butt joint device is used for unified bagging, the heat sealing device is used for secondary heat sealing of packaging bags, and the discharging and carrying device is used for automatic classification. By means of the mode, laser coding, reagent plate feeding, suction pipe feeding, drying agent feeding, packaging bag feeding, bag opening, bagging, heat sealing and classified discharging can be integrated, the functions are complete, the automation degree is high, and the applicability is wide.
Owner:KUNSHAN YITIAN AUTOMATION

Box sealing and packaging system and upholstered furniture box sealing and packaging method

PendingCN120423131AWrapper twisting/gatheringIndividual articlesCartonUpholstered furniture
The invention discloses a box sealing and packaging system and an upholstered furniture box sealing and packaging method.The box sealing and packaging system comprises a box filling device, a box sealing device and a guiding device, the box filling device is used for feeding rolled and packaged products into a carton through the first opening end of the carton, and the products are upholstered furniture; the box sealing device is used for grabbing a carton, folding a box cover of the carton, sealing the first opening end and outputting a packaged finished product to a set position, the guiding device is located between the box filling device and the box sealing device, and the guiding device extends in the direction from the box filling device to the box sealing device and can extend into the first opening end; the guiding device is provided with a guiding channel for products to pass through, an outlet of the guiding channel communicates with the first opening end, and the guiding device is used for guiding the products to enter the carton through the first opening end. Therefore, the packaging quality can be ensured, meanwhile, the automation degree and the production efficiency are improved, and the cost is reduced. The device is widely applied to the technical field of packaging equipment.
Owner:GUANGZHOU LIANROU MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CO LTD

Packaging device and process for articles to be packaged

A packaging device and a process for packaging articles arranged according to a predetermined pattern and supplied on a conveyor line are presented, where buffers for the preparation of layers to be packaged are eliminated, while maintaining a high degree of flexibility for a wide range of formats. The packaging device includes one or more transfer devices that pick up the articles and deposit them in layers. The transfer devices have a handling member connected to a respective gripping device, both movable along three orthogonal axes. Each gripping device has gripping elements to pick up an article from the conveyor line. The gripping elements are arranged to form, on each gripping device, a single layer of articles. Each layer is obtained with one or more pickings from the conveyor line, in order to place the articles in a single operation in a respective container of the flow.
Owner:GD SPA

Automatic box filling machine for tubular products

The utility model discloses an automatic casing machine for tubular products, which relates to the technical field of casing machines and comprises a frame, a feeding device for conveying products is mounted on the frame, and a stacking device for arraying the products is mounted at the output end of the feeding device. The carton body positioning device is installed in the discharging direction of the stacking device and used for storing folded cartons, the stacking device comprises a product hopper, a material receiving groove and a material pushing assembly, the material receiving groove is formed below the product hopper, the material pushing assembly is arranged behind the material receiving groove, and a lifting adjusting assembly is installed at the bottom of the material receiving groove. According to the automatic stacking device for the tubular products, the lifting adjusting assembly drives the material receiving groove to ascend, after the opening and closing plate is opened, the whole column of tubular products fall into the material receiving groove, then the material receiving groove descends by one station of the tubular products, and the automatic stacking operation of the tubular products is completed; and automatic arraying and stacking work of the products is completed, and high practicability is achieved.
Owner:DONGGUAN KAICHUANG AUTOMATION TECH CO LTD

Method of assembling an electronic smoking article

The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article comprising: a housing having an air inlet adapted for entry of air into the housing and an air outlet adapted for exit of a formed aerosol, the inlet and the outlet having an air passage therebetween; a reservoir within the housing that is configured to hold an aerosol precursor fluid; a heater in fluid communication with the reservoir; and one or both of a first check valve positioned at the air inlet and a second check valve positioned at the air outlet.
Owner:RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC

A method of assembling a needle safety apparatus

The present invention provides a method of assembling and packaging a medical needle device having a double ended needle (116), which comprises a container (170) having a closed end and an open end to receive a spring activated safety needle device (110) to provide passive needlestick protection to a non-patient end (118) of the needle (116). The method comprises performing the independent steps of (i) assembling a first sub-assembly (101) by mounting a shield (114) to a tubular housing (130) to form a telescopic device (104) and engaging the telescopic device (104) within the container (170), and (ii) assembling a second sub-assembly (102) by securing the double ended needle (116) within the needle mount (140), wherein the mounting element is provided on an external surface of the needle mount (140). The tubular housing (130) comprises (a) a mounting member on an internal surface to engage a mounting element of the needle mount (140), and (b) a spring to urge movement of the double ended needle (116) during use to a shielding position whereat the needle (116) extends at an angle oblique to a longitudinal axis of the tubular housing (130) to place the non-patient end (118) of the needle (116) at a location adjacent to an interior wall of the tubular housing (130). The method further comprises inserting the second sub-assembly (102) into the tubular housing (130) to secure the mounting element of the needle mount (140) to the mounting member of the tubular housing (130) to unite the second sub-assembly (102) to the first sub-assembly (101) to enable the spring to urge movement of the double ended needle (116) during use to a shielding position. Finally, the method comprises applying the closure a label (124) over the open end of the container (170) to seal the medical needle device 110 within the container (170).
Owner:TIP TOP COM LTD

Catheterization packages and methods thereof

An intermittent catheter package including a plurality of components and a catheterization tray configured to facilitate a catheterization procedure. The plurality of components include a urinary catheter fluidly connected to a urine-drainage bag and a sampling-port access device configured to fluidly connect to a urine-sampling port of the urinary catheter or the urine-drainage bag for aseptic collection of one or more urine samples.The catheterization tray includes at least a first compartment, a second compartment, a third compartment, and a fourth compartment. The second compartment is connected to the third compartment Step-by-step surface instructions for performing the catheterization procedure are incorporated into the catheterization tray.
Owner:CR BARD INC

Environment-friendly flame-retardant pressure-sensitive adhesive tape batch stacking device

The invention provides an environment-friendly flame-retardant pressure-sensitive adhesive tape batch stacking device, and relates to the technical field of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, the environment-friendly flame-retardant pressure-sensitive adhesive tape batch stacking device comprises a placing assembly, a tray assembly and a stacking assembly; the placing assembly comprises a moving trolley, a lifter is mounted in the middle of the moving trolley, and a gripper is connected to the bottom of the lifter; the tray assembly comprises a base, a tray rack and a plurality of stacked placing frames, each placing frame comprises a lower cover, and the upper end of each lower cover is connected with an upper cover. By adopting the box body structure capable of being opened and closed up and down, multiple box bodies can be conveniently stacked and placed, the placing grooves in the box bodies can be selected differently according to the types of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, each box body can be used for placing one type of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, and the placing grooves can be used for better positioning the pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, so that the pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes can be placed more conveniently. Meanwhile, the placing structure can be freely taken and placed, and the problems that different types of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes are mixed, and stacking is affected when the pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes are taken are solved.
Owner:JINGJIANG JINGYI ADHESIVE PROD CO LTD

Creating virtual pouch in reusable packaging methods and systems

ActiveUS12630320B2Flexible coversWrappersPack materialReusable packaging
Packaging methods include inserting an article into a virtual pouch defined by folding and tacking a first sheet of textile material. The first sheet is then folded about the article such that the first sheet encompasses the article. A second sheet of a textile material is then folded about the first sheet into a configuration such that the second sheet entirely envelops and encloses the first sheet and the textile article. The second folded sheet is then secured in the enveloping configuration. Alternatively, the article is wrapped in and encompassed by a first sheet of textile material by folding and the resulting package is then enclosed within a virtual pouch created in a second sheet of textile material. The resulting outer sheet enclosing the inner sheet with the textile article is then secured in its enclosing configuration with a strap. The packaging materials can be cleaned and decontaminated for reuse.
Owner:RZ CIRCULAR LTD

Full-automatic material arranging, bundling and bagging equipment

The utility model discloses full-automatic material arranging, bundling and bagging equipment which is characterized by comprising a material arranging conveying belt set, a clamping jaw assembly, a bundling assembly and a bagging assembly, the clamping jaw assembly is connected with a movable driving assembly and drives the clamping jaw assembly to move and rotate, the bagging assembly is arranged at the discharging end of the bundling assembly, and the bundling assembly is connected with the bagging assembly. The bagging assembly comprises bag opening supports arranged at four corners, hooks are arranged on the bag opening supports, a positioning baffle is arranged at the feeding end corresponding to the bag opening supports, and the positioning baffle is connected with the moving driving assembly. The automatic bagging machine is simple in structure, reasonable in design and capable of effectively achieving tidying, folding, bundling and stable bagging operation of materials, and automatic operation is achieved in the whole process.
Owner:WENZHOU NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Consumer product dispensing system and method for assembling the same

A consumer product dispensing system, more particularly, a shaving razor cartridge dispensing system having a sleeve and one or more individual shaving razor cartridge containers, methods for assembling a sleeve and methods for assembling a consumer product dispensing system, more particularly, methods for assembling a shaving razor cartridge dispensing system are provided.
Owner:THE GILLETTE CO