Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Product dispensing system and method with redundant container induction
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Application No.: US13895318Application Date: 2013-05-15
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Publication No.: US09665688B2Publication Date: 2017-05-30
- Inventor: Robert Terzini , Brian Sullivan
- Applicant: Tension International, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MO Kansas City
- Assignee: Tension International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tension International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MO Kansas City
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Agent Marcia J. Rodgers; Derek D. Donahoe
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q50/22

Abstract:
A system for dispensing product-filled containers in which the containers are filled prior to labeling, so that any container may filled at any dispensing station. The system includes multiple dispensing stations, both manual and automated, disposed adjacent a conveyor. Automated dispensing stations include quantities of products, fillable product containers, and a labeling assembly. Each dispensing station dispenses a predetermined quantity of products into a container and labels the container for transport via an exit conveyor to the main conveyor. Carriers are delivered via the main conveyor into a container carrier queue lane, where a sensor reads the RFID before a filled, labeled container is deposited into the carrier. A sensor reads the label bar code and transmits the bar code and RFID information to the computer database, mating the carrier with the filled container. System software load balances the components of an order by routing them to different dispensing stations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130310969A1 PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH REDUNDANT CONTAINER INDUCTION Public/Granted day:2013-11-21
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