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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:
Feb. 03, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward A Wentz, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
David M Shinnick, Frederick, MD (US);
Assignee:
American Chain & Cable Company, Inc., Bridgeport, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198 25 ; 198 21 ; 198103 ;
Abstract
Articles are transferred from the delivery end of an input conveyor to a sorter conveyor for delivery to preselected destinations by a pair of rotor assemblies that are rotationally indexed between predetermined positions in sequential overlapping relation to each other. Rotation of the rotor assemblies are synchronized with operational conditions of the input and sorter conveyors.