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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. 14, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter F Thompson, Somerville, NJ (US);
Dennis M Redo, Somerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
General Cable Corporation, Greenwich, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209 82 ; 209 73 ; 198460 ;
Abstract
This invention conveys full and empty bobbins between different locations in a manufacturing facility for making communication cables. Most of the manual handling of the bobbins is eliminated by having a closed loop conveyor on to which bobbins are loaded and from which bobbins are ejected at selected locations; and the invention provides lift members for automatically spacing the bobbins on the conveyor at a location between a loading station and the next ejector. The spacing is accomplished while the conveyor is in continuous motion.