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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. 07, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Ferguson, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kenneth W Troutman, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
The Terrell Machine Company, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214313 ; 214307 ; 214707 ; 214740 ;
Abstract
A bobbin hoist powered by an air cylinder has a skip for holding, lifting, tilting, and dumping bobbins and is provided with skip guiding tracks to give substantially constantly increasing hoisting cable pull during tilting and dumping. A hinged door over the dumping mouth of the skip opens slowly to control dumping. Alternatively, a hinged dumping chute under the dumping mouth of the skip blocks dumping until the chute slowly unfolds downwardly to dumping position; a narrowed mouth on the chute further controls the bobbins for hand feeding therefrom.