Packaging system, apparatus and method therefor
CA 2460918 A1 · Owner: Quibel, Olivier · Inventors: Chabanne, Frederic; Bonnain, Jean-Christophe; Quibel, Olivier
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Known packaging machines are only able to package objects in a limited number of arrangements usually limited to a single pack type. The present invention provides a server (108) and client (102) arrangement in which a user makes a number of selections respectively based upon a number of criteria in order to custom design packed objects. A rendered simulation of the packed objects is displayed by the client (102) and is viewable from user selected angles. Once designed, the user instructs the server (108) via the client (102), to , control a laser printer (112) a cutting table (114) and a robotic packaging machine (120) in order to produce a selected printed pack type and pack …
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- Filed September 20, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 20, 2022.
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