Appeal No. 2003-0204 Page 7
Application No. 09/096,123
Claim 279, the only independent claim on appeal, reads as follows:
A packaging system for presenting packaging information for packaging a
part to an operator, comprising:
an input device used to identify a part and generate a signal indicative of
the identified part;
a controller coupled to the input device to receive the signal indicative of
the identified part, the controller programmed to retrieve a predetermined set of
packaging instructions associated with the identified part from a memory, the
packaging instructions including a step to be completed by the operator, which
step contains an instruction for packaging the identified part; and
an output device coupled to the controller to receive an output signal from
the controller, the output device being operative to communicate the step to be
completed by the operator based on the output signal, the output device being
operative to communicate to the operator at least one of an audible and a visual
output of the instruction for packaging the identified part.
DePoint's invention is related to apparatus and methods for automatically
positioning or erecting cases for single objects or arrays of objects, placing such objects
or arrays in the case and closing the case. The primary objective of DePoint's invention
was to provide an apparatus and method for packaging or packing objects which can
automatically, or with minimal operator intervention, adjust for changes in the type of
product to be packed, the size of case to be used and the amount of dunnage to be
added to a given case.
The apparatus according to DePoint's invention comprises means, such as a
conveyor, for providing a series of a plurality of different types of such objects; a first
source, such as a carousel with several bins, of a plurality of different types of cases for
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