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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:
Apr. 06, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J Pavone, South Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
Gulf & Western Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; B65G / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198471 ; 198689 ; 271180 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for transferring a natural tobacco leaf from a continuous, flexible conveyor belt to a generally flat leaf receiving member at a preselected position in the normal path of travel of the belt. The apparatus includes a plenum box having a pressure opening defined by a peripheral edge of the box, an arrangement for forcing the belt and box from the normal path position toward the receiving member at the preselected position and a mechanism for creating a positive pressure adjacent one surface of the belt to force the leaf from the belt onto the receiving member.