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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12048950 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2020

Unloading arrangement for unloading items of washware which are arranged, in particular, on trays or tray-like objects

Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Harald Disch, Elzach, DE;

Martin Schrempp, Biberach, DE;

Adrian Boldt, Offenburg-Bühl, DE;

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:

THOMPSON HINE LLP

Primary Examiner:

Benjamin L Osterhout

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/36 (2006.01); A47L 15/24 (2006.01); B07C 5/04 (2006.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B07B 13/05 (2006.01); B65G 47/76 (2006.01); B65G 47/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/36 (2013.01); A47L 15/247 (2013.01); B07C 5/04 (2013.01); B07C 5/34 (2013.01); B07B 13/05 (2013.01); B65G 47/766 (2013.01); B65G 47/962 (2013.01);
Abstract

An unloading arrangement () for unloading items of washware () which are arranged, in particular, on trays or tray-like objects (), in particular items of washware () from place settings. The unloading arrangement () has a feed conveyor belt () for feeding the items of washware. The unloading arrangement () also has a large number of unloading stations () arranged one behind the other—as seen in the conveying direction of the feed conveyor belt (). For successively unloading the feed conveyor belt () or for successively unloading the trays or tray-like objects (), a predefined or predefinable washware group is preferably associated with each unloading station () and each unloading station is designed to unload preferably only items of washware of the associated washware group from the washware which is fed by the feed conveyor belt ().

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