Patent ID: 7921982
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: B65B,B65G,B65H

Abstract:
1. Method for collating product comprising: conveying a first product on a continuous conveying surface in a first conveying direction onto a collating conveyor, with the product having a length perpendicular to the first conveying direction, with the continuous conveying surface being spaced a spacing from the collating conveyor when the first product drops onto the collating conveyor; moving the first product on the collating conveyor in a second conveying direction perpendicular to the first conveying direction for a distance less than the length of the product; and conveying a second product on a continuous conveying surface in the first conveying direction partially onto the first product and partially on the collating conveyor, with the continuous conveying surface being spaced from the collating conveyor when the second product drops onto the first product for a distance greater than the spacing, with conveying the second product comprising conveying the second product to drop on the first product for a height generally equal to the spacing.