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Conveying system and method for mixing stacked articles

  • US 5,903,464 A
  • Filed: 03/07/1997
  • Issued: 05/11/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for mixing different articles from respective homogeneous stacks of homogeneous layers, comprising:

  • first and second working stations;

    a first conveying path originating at said first working station and terminating at said second working station;

    a second conveying path originating at said second working station;

    said first working station having means for selectively moving successive homogeneous layers of articles from each of said respective stacks to said first conveying path;

    said second working station receiving said articles from said first conveying path and distributing said articles into selected ones of a plurality of conveying and storage paths, said articles being supplied to said second conveying path from said conveying and storage paths in a predetermined sequence; and

    ,means for controlling said first and second working stations to establish said predetermined sequence, said controlling means tracking machine readable identifiers of said articles.

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