US Patent Issued to FERAG on Jan. 27 for "Device and method for loading packaging units into a transport container" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,249, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FERAG AG (Hinwil, Switzerland).

"Device and method for loading packaging units into a transport container" was invented by Markus Bretz (Herrilberg, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (6) for inserting goods units (3) into a transport container (8, 81) includes a module (61) for conveying a bundle (1) having a carrier strand (11, 11') on which a plurality of packaging units (2, 2', 2", 2'") are arranged one behind the other in a row; a module (62) for separating packaging elements (2, 2', 2", 2'") from a supplied bundle (1); and a module (63) for inserting packaging units (2, 2...