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Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Fogg Filler Company, Llc, Holland, MI (US);

Inventor:

Trevor R. Dodd, Holland, MI (US);

Assignee:

FOGG FILLER COMPANY, LLC, Holland, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/84 (2006.01); B65G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/846 (2013.01); B65G 21/2072 (2013.01);
Abstract

A material transfer system includes one or more of the following features: (i) a rotatable conveyor assembly is configured to enable adjustment of a radial position of the item guide surface of each item pocket for adjusting pocket depth; (ii) the rotatable conveyor assembly is configured to enable adjustment of an arcuate offset distance between the item guide surface and the item push surface of each item pocket; and/or (iii) the guide surface is formed, at least in part, by at least one flexible rail that is adjustable between multiple orientations and the flexible is configured to flex in a manner such that, in each one of the multiple orientations, the guide surface follows a substantially arcuate path with a set radius, wherein the set radius varies between the multiple orientations.


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