Patent ID: 11970303
Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A system, comprising:
a heating oven adapted to:
provide convective heat and radiant electromagnetic energy;
receive a group of heat-sensitive products, wherein the group of heat-sensitive products has a front side, back side, top, base, right side and left side, and wherein the group of heat-sensitive products are wrapped with a shrink film that comprises an activation temperature and electromagnetic energy absorbance;
expose the wrapped group of heat-sensitive products to radiant electromagnetic energy for a predetermined duration of exposure time, wherein the electromagnetic energy is localized to an area outside of heat-sensitive areas of the group of heat-sensitive products, wherein the heat-sensitive areas comprise first areas of the heat-sensitive products that are more easily distorted or otherwise damaged or generate more undesirable effects than the rest of the product; and

a radiant electromagnetic energy source that emits the radiant electromagnetic energy inside the heating oven, wherein dimensions of the radiant electromagnetic energy source and a position of the radiant electromagnetic energy source within the heating oven result in localizing the radiant electromagnetic energy to a heat-resistant region of the heat-sensitive products as opposed to localizing the radiant electromagnetic energy to the heat-sensitive area of the heat-sensitive products when the heat-sensitive product is located inside the heating oven wherein the wrapped group of heat-sensitive products is robustly bundled according to the Bundle Rigidity Test, described herein, without substantial damage to the heat-sensitive products of the wrapped group of heat-sensitive products.