Patent ID: 11958648
Assignee: RANPAK CORP.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A method of transferring a dunnage product to a packaging container, the method comprising the steps of:
detecting the dunnage product registered at an alignment reference plane in a staging location;
detecting the packaging container registered at the alignment reference plane in a loading location; and
transporting the dunnage product from the staging location to the packaging container in the loading location after both the step of detecting the dunnage product registered at the alignment reference plane in the staging location and the step of detecting the packaging container registered at the alignment reference plane in the loading location,
transmitting a dunnage alignment signal after the step of detecting the dunnage product registered at the alignment reference plane in the staging location,
transmitting a package alignment signal after the step of detecting the packaging container registered at the alignment reference plane in the loading location; and
transmitting, by a controller, upon receipt of both the dunnage alignment signal and the package alignment signal, a dunnage placement signal to a dunnage placement apparatus;
wherein the step of transporting the dunnage product occurs upon receipt of the dunnage placement signal by the dunnage placement apparatus.