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

Claim 16:
17. 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, and a product supply station having one or more product receptacles, the method comprising:
moving 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; and
moving the robot to pick the mailer from the first magazine adjacent to the robot;
positioning the product within a receptacle of the product supply station by moving a first wall or a second wall with respect to each other to locate the product in the receptacle before packaging in the mailer; and
supplying the product from the product supply station to an opening of the mailer.