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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:
Nov. 01, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence W Schoppee, Springfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Package Machinery Company, East Longmeadow, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214 / ; 53159 ; 214 / ;
Abstract
Sticks of gum are fed individually to the bottom of a stack where each stick is raised by an elevator wheel to form the stack between side guides pivotally mounted, and biased toward one another. Each side guide has an abutment to keep the stack aligned vertically, and a presser foot resiliently holds the stack from above so that a pusher can move the stack out of the stacking station, into a wrapper, and thence into a tumble box for further handling.