Nabisco Brands, Inc.

Nabisco, Inc.

George Ryder

Albert A Pinto

Apparatus for grouping articles in stacks of a predetermined number in which a wheel having serrated teeth picks off articles from the base of an infeed chute and places them on edge on a pair of inclined rails. The articles are held to the wheel by vacuum and are separated from the wheel by wedge members positioned adjacent the rails. A stack of articles builds on the rails and is slid into a conveyor bucket. After each predetermined number of articles is removed from the chute, a lever is actuated to hold the column of articles in the chute out of contact with the teeth to allow for advancement of the bucket conveyor.

Apparatus for grouping articles

Extrusion apparatus including rotary shell having plural circumferential rows of extrusion orifices and a stationary inner member, defining with said shell, circumferential channels communicating with said orifices.

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West Orange, NJ, United States of America

George Ryder