Patent ID: 11905057
Assignee: INTERTAPE POLYMER CORP.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 20:
21. A method of packaging a product in a mailer using a mailer packaging apparatus, wherein the mailer packaging apparatus comprises a handling station having a robot, a mailer supply station having a plurality of magazines for holding mailers, a packaging station for receiving the mailers and opening the mailers, a product supply station for supplying products to the mailers, and a controller operatively coupled to the handling station and the mailer supply station for operating the handling station and the mailer supply station, the method comprising:
receiving, via the controller, an indication of the product from a product system being received in the mailer packaging apparatus;
determining, via the controller, the mailer for the product being received from one of the plurality of magazines holding the mailers;
in response to determining the mailer, moving, via the controller, a first magazine of the plurality of magazines adjacent to the robot and a second magazine away from the robot, wherein the first magazine is configured to hold a plurality of first mailers and the second magazine is configured to hold a plurality of second mailers, and wherein the plurality of magazines are movable with respect to the robot;
in response to determining the mailer, activating, via the controller, the robot to pick the mailer for the product from the first magazine of plurality of magazines;
opening the mailer in the packaging station after receiving the mailer from the robot; and
delivering the product to the mailer from the product supply station.