Patent ID: 9540191
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B25J,B65B,B65G

Claim:
1. A method for processing stackable articles transported on a receiver, the receiver adapted to form a predetermined number of stacks of the articles, the method comprising: a) determining an attribute of the articles in at least one of the stacks of articles; b) when the attribute of the articles in the at least one of the stacks conforms to a predetermined attribute of the articles, transferring the at least one of the stacks of articles into a gripping device in a first position; c) retaining the at least one stack of articles in the gripping device in the first position; d) repeating steps a), b), and c) and thereby retaining multiple stacks of articles in the gripping device; e) transferring the gripping device having the multiple stacks of articles from the first position to a second position; and f) discharging the multiple stacks of articles from the gripping device at the second position.