| 摘要 |
The present invention is an automated and integrated method and apparatus for packaging, loading, storing, and/or retrieving a specified product. A preferred embodiment of a system comprises a packager (1), a feeder device (3), a magazine (4), an unloading device (5), and a control unit. The packager (1) is adapted to package a predetermined quantity of a product (11) in a package (13). The feeder device (3) has a loading screw (34) which engages the package (13) and transfers it to a storage screw (415) in the magazine (4). The control unit maintains a data base of the location and contents of each package (13) in the magazine (4). The unloading device (5) is adapted to retrieve a desired package (13) from the magazine (4). The unloading device (5) then transfers the desired package (13) to a predetermined location.
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