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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles C Hughes, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Assignee:
R. A. Jones & Co. Inc., Covington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271113 ; 271117 ; 271 311 ; 221151 ; 221277 ;
Abstract
In carton feeding apparatus, a rotary member having a blade which passes behind a leading carton in a group of vertically-oriented cartons to separate the leading carton from the adjacent carton. A lockout member is pivotally mounted on the rotary member and is adapted to be moved in a generally axial direction toward the incoming cartons to block the cartons from engagement by the blade.