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OT-2026-000000963

High-speed array former and methods thereof

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Material Handling › Conveying Systems
Inventors
KUZNICKI BENJAMIN M, MOWERY JUSTIN LEE, WILSON JOHN THOMAS, YOHE PETER D
Assignee
DYCO INC
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US-2026097908-A1, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 9 April 2026
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Abstract

A system for forming an array of articles is provided. The system includes at least an infeed single lane conveyor moving a plurality of articles, an array forming conveyor for receiving the articles, a programmable robot for transferring the articles to the array forming conveyor, the programmable robot includes a pusher mounted at an end of the programmable robot that is configured to form and push a row of articles to the array forming conveyor, forming an array of articles, and an article metering device including a speed controller to control the flow of articles into a sweeping area of the infeed single lane conveyor. The programmable robot may include a conveyor tracking element to match a speed of the infeed conveyor to provide a continuous flow of articles.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000000963, “High-speed array former and methods thereof,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:03:39 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000963.

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