Patent ID: 7221997
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A method for the process control and documentation of the packaging of individual packages in a packaging machine, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing each of said individual packages with a respective transponder individual to the respective package; (b) with a first writing unit registering in each of said transponders individual to a respective package characterizing information and information capable of documenting the individual package; c) subsequently subjecting the individual packages to further processing in said packaging machine including packing a plurality of said individual packages in a box; (d) before said individual packages are packaged in a respective box, reading information from the transponders with at is least one reading unit; and (e) controlling commencement of at least one operation of said subsequent processing in response to correct information for said operation as read by said reading unit; (f) providing each box with a transponder; (g) writing with at least a second writing unit to the respective box transponder information identifying the respective box; (h) advancing said box along a box transport chain through a package insertion station and past a third write/read unit for copying on the box transponder information from at least one individual package transponder of a respective box, (i) documenting correcting insertion of a piece of informational material in said box on the respective box transponder with another fourth writing unit of the insertion station; and (j) recognizing correct insertion of individual packages and the piece of information material in said box and documenting such recognition in the respective box transponder with another fifth writing unit.