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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:
Jan. 19, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Bennett, London, GB;
Assignee:
Molins Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198457 ; 198493 ;
Abstract
A receiver unit for a pneumatic plug feed is adapted to feed the rods away transversely as a stack. Each successive leading rod is accelerated towards retarding means and then deflected sideways by means of one or more air jets and possibly also by a conveyor which engages the trailing end of the rod and quickly moves it out of the forward path of the next rod. Conveyor means for the stack may be arranged to move the rods into a magazine underneath a considerable 'head' of rods.