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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2021
Applicant:
G.d S.p.a., Bologna, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
G.D S.P.A., Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 47/248 (2006.01); B65G 65/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/248 (2013.01); B65G 47/26 (2013.01); B65G 65/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
A feeding group includes a tray to retain articles arranged in discrete rows, an inlet station to receive the tray, a transfer device to move the tray, and a retaining device to retain the tray during movement of the tray between the inlet station and an unloading station. The retaining device is to further release the tray at an outlet station. The feeding group also includes an unloading device to unload the articles from the tray at the unloading station. The unloading station includes a conveyor device to receive the discrete rows unloaded from the tray.