Patent ID: 8549818
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. A process for filling containers with individual products by means of a picker line comprising at least two pickers, where the individual products are irregularly introduced in an infeed of the picker line and the pickers individually pick and place the products into the containers within a transposition area of the picker line and where the individual products and the containers are delivered in counterflow on at least one transportation device for the individual products and on at least one transportation device for the containers, said process comprising steps of counting the products as they are introduced at the infeed of the picker line, continuously selecting one selected picker from the at least two pickers, which selected picker will control delivery of containers, based on the number of products counted in the preceding step, and enabling said selected picker to control the transporting of containers into the transposition area of the picker line.