Material handling system and method for products manually processed
First Claim
1. A material handling system for a product to be manually processed by an operator at a work-station, including:
- batch delivery means for automatically delivering batches of the product to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for manual processing by the operator; and
packing container delivery means for automatically delivering individual packing containers to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for filling with the product after manual processing by the operator.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a material handling system and method for a product to be manually processed by an operator (O) at a work-station (10). The material handling system (100) includes: batch delivery means (20) for automatically delivering batches of the product to the work-station (10) on an “as required” or “on demand” basis for manual processing by the operator; and packing container delivery means (60) for automatically delivering individual packing containers (61) to the work-station on an “as required” or “on demand” basis for filling with the product after manual processing by the operator. Each batch of product is typically supplied in a batch container (21) and the system may further include batch container dispatch means (40) for automatically dispatching the batch containers (21) from the work-station (10) on an “as required” or “on demand” basis after the operator has finished manually processing the product it contained. The system also typically includes packing container dispatch means (80) for automatically dispatching product-filled packing containers (61) from the work-station on an “as required” or “on demand” basis.
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33 Claims
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1. A material handling system for a product to be manually processed by an operator at a work-station, including:
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batch delivery means for automatically delivering batches of the product to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for manual processing by the operator; and
packing container delivery means for automatically delivering individual packing containers to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for filling with the product after manual processing by the operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A material handling method for a product to be processed manually by an operator at a work-station, the method including the steps of:
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automatically delivering discrete batches of the product to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for manual processing by the operator; and
automatically delivering individual packing containers to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for filling with the product processed by the operator. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A material handling system for a product to be manually processed by an operator at a work-station, including:
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packing container delivery means for automatically delivering individual packing containers to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for filling with the product after manual processing by the operator;
packing container dispatch means for automatically dispatching product-filled packing containers from the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A material handling method for a product to be manually processed by an operator at a work-station, the method including the steps of:
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automatically delivering individual packing containers to the work-station for filling with the product after manual processing by the operator on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis; and
automatically dispatching each product-filled packing container from the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A material handling system for a product to be manually processed by an operator at a work-station, including:
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batch delivery means for automatically delivering batch containers of the product to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for manual processing by the operator; and
batch container dispatch means for automatically dispatching the batch containers from the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis.
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33. A material handling method for a product to be manually processed by an operator at a work-station, the method including the steps of:
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automatically delivering discrete batch containers of the product to the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis for manual processing by the operator; and
automatically dispatching the batch containers from the work-station on an “
as required”
or “
on demand”
basis.
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Specification
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Current AssigneeP & G Developments Pty Limited
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Original AssigneeP & G Developments Pty Limited
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InventorsJacobsen, Glenn, Matkovich, Mario
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Application NumberUS10/649,362Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current53/55CPC Class CodesA22C 17/0093 Handling, transporting or p...B65B 57/12 and operating to control, o...B65B 67/02 Packaging of articles or ma...
