Patent ID: 6370445
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B42C,B65H,G05B

Abstract:
A system for use in connection with a package assembly line, wherein the package assembly line has a piece feeder, a component feeder, and a transport, wherein the piece feeder is arranged to feed first and second pieces to the transport, wherein the component feeder is arranged to feed first and second components to the transport, wherein the first component has a first component identifier thereon, and wherein the second component has a second component identifier thereon, the system comprising:a memory, wherein the memory stores a component sequence list containing component identifiers corresponding to a desired sequence in which components are to be fed by the component feeder; a detector, wherein the detector is arranged to detect the first component identifier from the first component as the first component is fed by the component feeder toward the transport; a comparator, wherein the comparator is arranged to compare the first component identifier to the component sequence list; a component rejecter, wherein the component rejecter is responsive to the comparator to reject the first component if the first component identifier fails to match the component sequence list; and, a queue arranged to store a piece identifier if a corresponding component identifier is missing.