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- Patent Title: System and method for independently routing container-loaded vehicles to create different finished products
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Application No.: US15698676Application Date: 2017-09-08
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Publication No.: US10996232B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Nathan E Moore , Ryan Andrew Burkhard , Elizabeth Marie Fikes , Daniel Richard Royce
- Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agent Gary J. Foose
- Main IPC: G01N35/04
- IPC: G01N35/04 ; G05B19/418 ; B65G47/68 ; B67C3/22 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
A system and method for independently routing container-located vehicles to create different finished products are disclosed. The vehicles are independently routable along a track system to deliver the containers to at least one unit operation station. At least some of the vehicles have a unique route associated therewith that is assigned by a control system to facilitate simultaneous production of different finished products.
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