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An article packaging system has a magazine case charging mechanism for picking up and charging magazine cases one by one to a subsequent stage, a magazine case aligning mechanism for aligning the charged magazine cases in one direction, a small outer shipping package producing mechanism for storing

An article packaging system has a magazine case charging mechanism for picking up and charging magazine cases one by one to a subsequent stage, a magazine case aligning mechanism for aligning the charged magazine cases in one direction, a small outer shipping package producing mechanism for storing a magazine case into a small package thereby to produce a small outer shipping package, a pack production mechanism for combining packs in a predetermined combining pattern, a large outer shipping package producing mechanism for assembling a plurality of packs in a predetermined assembling pattern into an assembly, and storing the assembly into a corrugated box to produce a large outer shipping package, and a production information management computer for controlling the above mechanisms in a centralized fashion. A complex packaging process of storing magazine cases into small boxes to produce small outer shipping packages, combining small outer shipping packages in any of various combining patterns into a pack, and storing a plurality of packs into a corrugated box to produce a large outer shipping package can easily be automatized.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An article packaging system comprising:an article charging mechanism for storing a plurality of articles, and picking up and charging the articles one by one to a subsequent stage;an article aligning mechanism for aligning the articles charged from said article charging m

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An article packaging system comprising:an article charging mechanism for storing a plurality of articles, and picking up and charging the articles one by one to a subsequent stage;an article aligning mechanism for aligning the articles charged from said article charging mechanism in one direction;a small outer shipping package producing mechanism for storing at least one of the articles aligned by said article aligning mechanism in a predetermined pattern into a small package using small boxes supplied from a small box supply mechanism, thereby to produce a small outer shipping package,a pack production mechanism for combining a plurality of small outer shipping packages in a predetermined combining pattern into a pack;a large outer shipping package producing mechanism for assembling a plurality of packs in a predetermined assembling pattern into an assembly, and storing the assembly into a large package to produce a large outer shipping package; anda controller for controlling said article charging mechanism, said article aligning mechanism, said small outer shipping package producing mechanism, said pack production mechanism, and said large outer shipping package producing mechanism,wherein said small outer shipping package producing mechanism includes article orientation changing means for changing each orientation of the articles during delivery; andwherein at least a storage pattern of said small boxes supplied from said small box supply mechanism determines a number and an orientation of said articles adjusted by said article aligning mechanism.