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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:
Sep. 27, 1983
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1981
Rodger E Cole, Golden, CO (US);
Richard H Vander Meer, Arvada, CO (US);
Goldco Engineering, Inc., Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for transporting articles, such as cylindrical containers, between differing elevations by initially conveying articles onto a foraminous belt, conducting the belt over a first plenum having a curved supporting surface to secure the articles to the belt and the belt to the surface by means of vacuum while transitioning the articles and belt from a level to an inclined orientation, conveying the articles to a differing elevation while inclined by securing the articles between parallel, spaced belts, and again transitioning from an inclined orientation to a level orientation by passing the foraminous belt over a second plenum having a curved supporting surface and securing the articles to the belt and the belt to the surface by means of vacuum during transition from the inclined orientation to the horizontal orientation.