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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Spee-dee Packaging Machinery, Inc., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Inventors:
Joshua A. Schwartz, Kenosha, WI (US);
Ron J. Kuemper, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 43/60 (2006.01); B65B 43/50 (2006.01); B65G 47/84 (2006.01); B65G 29/00 (2006.01); B65B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 43/60 (2013.01); B65B 43/50 (2013.01); B65G 29/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/846 (2013.01); B65B 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotary cup filler has a cup holder plate that permits cup holders to be retained in place by inserting them into open-ended receptacles from the side of the cup holder plate rather than being inserted into openings in the bottom cup holder plate from beneath. In one configuration, the cup holder plate has a central hub and plurality of arms that extend arcuately from the central hub to form the receptacles therebetween. The arms may engage opposed sides of a circumferential groove in the associated cup holder.