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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Stolle Machinery Company, Llc, Centennial, CO (US);
Inventors:
Neil Albert Zumberger, Sidney, OH (US);
Steven Todd Albright, Piqua, OH (US);
Dennis Cornelius Stammen, Brookville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/84 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/846 (2013.01); B05B 13/0242 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A load assembly includes a supply mechanism structured to supply a plurality of container closures, and a conveyance assembly comprising a star wheel including a number of load pockets structured to receive the container closures and move the container closures from the supply mechanism to a processing assembly. The star wheel has an outer perimeter. Each of the load pockets is structured to receive a corresponding one of the container closures inboard of the outer perimeter of the star wheel.