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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert A Pinto, White Plains, NY (US);
George Ryder, West Orange, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Nabisco, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414104 ; 414 47 ; 414107 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for grouping articles in stacks of a predetermined number in which a wheel having serrated teeth picks off articles from the base of an infeed chute and places them on edge on a pair of inclined rails. The articles are held to the wheel by vacuum and are separated from the wheel by wedge members positioned adjacent the rails. A stack of articles builds on the rails and is slid into a conveyor bucket. After each predetermined number of articles is removed from the chute, a lever is actuated to hold the column of articles in the chute out of contact with the teeth to allow for advancement of the bucket conveyor.