Patent ID: 9008831
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B65B,B65G

Abstract:
1. A packaging system for receiving articles at a first location and transporting the articles to a second location, the packaging system comprising: a first conveyor assembly having a plurality of individual pallets mounted for movement along the first conveyor assembly; an article receiving station for receiving a stream of individual articles and placing one or more articles on the individual pallets of the first conveyor assembly; a second conveyor assembly; an article unloading station for unloading articles from the individual pallets of the first conveyor assembly and placing the articles on the second conveyor assembly; and a control system for controlling the motion of the individual pallets traveling along the first conveyor assembly; wherein the control system operates such that the article unloading station unloads the one or more articles from each individual pallet onto the secondary conveyor system such that the articles form a stack having a predetermined number of articles in each stack.