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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:
Mar. 10, 1981
Filed:
May. 29, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D Koontz, Pontiac, MI (US);
Assignee:
F. Jos. Lamb Company, Warren, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198751 ; 198774 ;
Abstract
An accumulating conveyor of the lift and carry type includes a transfer bar having work carriers thereon programmed to engage and advance or bypass workpieces resting on stationary rails by means of bell cranks which are engaged or bypassed in response to the position assumed by workpiece sensing members at the successive stations during that portion of the conveyor cycle when the workpiece transfer bar is elevated to lift workpieces resting on the stationary rails.