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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2022
Fogg Filler Company, Llc, Holland, MI (US);
Trevor R. Dodd, Holland, MI (US);
FOGG FILLER COMPANY, LLC, Holland, MI (US);
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.