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| Issue 1295-1 |
| US 6,901,726 B2 |
| Method and apparatus for putting piece goods into containers |
| Emil Hüppi, Uhwiesen (Switzerland); Peter Dübendorfer, Zürich (Switzerland); Frank-Peter Kirgis, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (Switzerland); Markus Sidler, Hemmental (Switzerland); Jacob Van Kogelenberg, Stein am Rhein (Switzerland); and Stephan Schüle, Schaffhausen (Switzerland) |
| Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, (Germany) |
| Filed on Mar. 28, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/402,211. |
| Prior Publication US 2003/0182898 A1, Oct. 02, 2003 |
| Int. Cl.7B65B 5/10 |
| U.S. Cl. 53—473 [53/244; 53/250; 53/251; 53/253] | 13 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for inserting piece goods into containers, comprising:
a first feed conveyor for feeding the piece goods;
a second feed conveyor for feeding the containers;
a picking line for inserting the piece goods into the containers;
a control unit for controlling the relative speed between the second feed conveyor and the first feed conveyor;
at least one storage element for temporarily storing the containers and/or the piece goods, wherein the control unit controls
the relative speed as a function of a filling level of the at least one storage element; and
wherein the second feed conveyor is subdivided into at least two conveying sections a second of said at least two conveying
sections being arranged downstream of a first of said at least two conveying sections, and wherein at least one storage elements
of the at least one is arranged between the first and second conveying sections.
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