Patent ID: 7337595
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: B65B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A void-fill system for automatically determining and supplying an amount of dunnage material sufficient to fill the void left in a container in which one or more objects have been placed, comprising: a dunnage dispenser which is operable to dispense a controlled amount of a dunnage material; a container scanner having a scan area, the container scanner including a height sensor for sensing a height characteristic of a container, a width sensor for sensing a width characteristic of the container, and a contour sensor for sensing a contour characteristic of the one or more objects in the container; a logic device that is operable to a selector device connected to the logic device for enabling the selection of a void-fill density from a plurality of void-fill densities, and wherein the logic device, in response to a selected void-fill density, varies the amount of dunnage material to be dispensed per measured volume of void, thereby to provide the selected void-fill density.