US 11,731,842 B2
Bypass carton accumulator
Matthew Bernard Overley, Cincinnati, OH (US); Pawel Marek Siczek, Liberty Township, OH (US); and André Mellin, Amberley Village, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,061.
Prior Publication US 2023/0081702 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 47/29 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 47/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/88 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/261 (2013.01) [B65G 47/086 (2013.01); B65G 47/29 (2013.01); B65G 47/8823 (2013.01); B65G 47/912 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A method for moving products between a product conveyor and a storage apparatus using a product transfer apparatus, the method comprising:
actuating the product transfer apparatus to sequentially pick up a plurality of slugs of products from the product conveyor and transfer each of the plurality of slugs of products picked from the product conveyor to the storage apparatus so as to build a matrix of products in the storage apparatus, the matrix of products comprising:
first and second layers of slugs of products, the first layer being positioned over and in contact with the second layer, the first layer comprising first and second slugs of products positioned side-by-side and adjacent to one another and the second layer comprising third and fourth slugs of products positioned side-by-side and adjacent to one another.