Patent ID: 6889814
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: B07C,B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for induction of articles onto one or more of a plurality of transport units having side by side article support capability, the transport units being movable along a continuous conveying path, said method comprising: providing at least one induct for loading articles onto the transport units; feeding articles to said at least one induct without respect to a destination of the articles and moving articles along said at least one induct toward the transport units in the order in which the articles were fed to said at least one induct, the articles including blocked articles that are arranged on the induct in a manner that will cause at least a partial blocking condition; determining a destination of the articles at said at least one induct; loading the articles from said at least one induct to the transport units, the articles including blocked articles on a respective induct being loaded to the transport units in the order in which the articles are fed to said respective induct; and resolving at least partial blocking conditions between the articles, said at least partial blocking conditions comprising an interference between two articles based on the destination of the two articles and the side of the conveying path or transport unit at which the two articles are positioned.