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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:
Dec. 24, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Forrest C Bacon, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ex-Cell-O Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53 53 ; 5313 / ;
Abstract
The drawings and description discloses an inspection and rejection mechanism for wrapped loaves of bread having one end thereof tied. The mechanism includes vacuum means for straightening out tied ends, in conjunction with suitable photo-electric means for detecting the absence of a tied end, or the presence of an open untied end, or the presence of two adjacent ends tied together. If any of the latter conditions exist, after two indexes a pusher device causes two loaves to be pushed to one side, rather than being fed through to discharge.