US 12,330,902 B2
Packing system for heat set
Wesley Moore, Rock Springs, GA (US)
Assigned to Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US)
Appl. No. 18/724,116
Filed by SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC., Dalton, GA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 1, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/078390
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 25, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/097782, PCT Pub. Date May 10, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/478,780, filed on Jan. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/381,838, filed on Nov. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0058993 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. B65H 54/26 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01); B65H 65/00 (2006.01); B65H 67/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 54/26 (2013.01) [B65G 61/00 (2013.01); B65H 65/005 (2013.01); B65H 67/066 (2013.01); B65H 2701/31 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least one winder configured to wind yarn to form a yarn package;
at least one sampling and tying machine that is configured to remove a portion of the yarn of the yarn package and tie off a free end of the yarn around the yarn package to inhibit the yarn package from unwinding;
a dunnage supply area having therein at least one support structure for receiving a plurality of yarn packages thereon;
at least one case assembly area; and
a robotic arm configured to:
move the yarn package from the at least one winder to the at least one sampling and tying machine;
move the yarn package from the at least one sampling and tying machine to the at least one case assembly area; and
stack the yarn package on a support structure in the at least one case assembly area,
wherein each of the at least one winder, the at least one sampling and tying machine. the dunnage supply area, the at least one case assembly area, and the robotic arm is within a locked-out area.