PROTECTIVE PACKAGING MACHINES DEMONSTRATIVE CONTENT

• US 20150378750A1
• Filed: 06/25/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pregis Intellipack LLC
• Original Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC
• Inventors: Wetsch, Thomas D., Bertram, George, Eisenberger, Edward
• Granted Patent: US 10,926,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B31D 2205/0088 Control means
• CPC Class Codes: B31D 5/0073 including pillow forming
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/04 Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 3/34 by timing of filling operations
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 55/24 Cleaning of, or removing dust from, containers, wrappers, or packaging ; Preventing of fouling
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 57/145 for fluent material
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4097 characterised by using design data to control NC machines, e.g. CAD/CAM G05B19/4093 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4155 characterised by programme execution, i.e. part programme or machine function execution, e.g. selection of a programme
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31317 Outputs delivery ordersheet, relating to finished products, to packing cell
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45048 Packaging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to a method and a machine for creating protective packaging. The machine includes a controller including a processing element and a display in electrical communication with the processing element. In response to a user input or a machine operation input, the processing element selects demonstrative content corresponding to the user input or the machine operation input and the display displays the demonstrative content. Examples of demonstrative content include tutorial videos or photographs illustrating how to operate the machine, how to replace consumables used by the machine, replace or repair machine components, and/or how to package certain items using packaging materials created by the machine.

Claims

1. A method for repairing a packaging machine comprising:

determining by a processing element an operating issue with the packaging machine; and

displaying on a display device in communication with the processing element a tutorial corresponding to the operating issue.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a confirmation signal from a sensor when the operating issue has been addressed.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing one or more sensor inputs to determine the operating issue with the packaging machine.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the machine further comprises a portable computing device, wherein the display device and the processing element are integrated to the portable computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting by one or more sensors connected to the packaging machine the operating issue with the packaging machine; and

activating by the processing element an alert corresponding to the operating issue.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising diagnosing by the processing element a malfunctioning component of the packaging machine using input from the one or more sensors.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising initiating by the processing element a test corresponding to operation of the malfunctioning component.

8. A machine for creating protective packaging comprising:

a controller comprising;

a processing element; and

a display in electrical communication with the processing element, wherein

in response to a user input or a machine operation input, the processing element selects content corresponding to the user input or the machine operation input and the display displays the content.

9. The machine of claim 8, wherein the machine operation input corresponds to an item to be created by the machine or an item to be packaged using the protective packaging created by the machine.

10. The machine of claim 9, wherein the content is a demonstrative video illustrating operation of one or more components of the machine based on the item to be created or the item to be packaged.

11. The machine of claim 9, wherein the machine operation input is received from a sensor in communication with the controller.

12. The machine of claim 11, wherein the sensor is a barcode scanner, wherein the barcode scanner is configured to scan the item to be packaged using the protective packaging.

13. The machine of claim 8, wherein the content is a video illustrating a method to replace one or more components of the packaging machine.

14. The machine of claim 8, wherein the content is a video illustrating a method to refill a consumable used by the machine to create the protective packaging.

15. The machine of claim 14, wherein the consumable is a foam precursor.

16. The machine of claim 8, wherein the user input corresponds to modification of one or more settings for the machine and the content corresponds to a tutorial on modifying the one or more settings of the machine.

17. A method for manufacturing packaging materials comprising:

receiving by a processing element an item input corresponding to a packaging material item;

selecting by the processing element a demonstrative content corresponding to the packaging material item; and

displaying by a display device the demonstrative content.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the item input is input by a user.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the item input is input by a sensor.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the demonstrative content is a tutorial video illustrating modifying one or more parameters of a packaging machine used to create the packaging material item.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising creating by a machine the packaging material item.

22. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving by the processing element a queue initiation input to initiate a queue including the packaging material item to create the packaging material item.