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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. 31, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael V Wiernicki, Trumansburg, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ironica, Inc., Ithica, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414331 ; 198345 ; 198624 ;
Abstract
A roller drive conveyor for conveying a rectangular, planar rigid article is disclosed. The conveyor includes two opposed, spaced apart rows of individually mounted wheels having a bottom flange, the upper surface of which provides the only constantly conveying contact. In a specific embodiment, a magazine for storing a stack of the articles and an extractor in operative relationship with the conveyor for extracting the objects from the magazine and feeding them to the conveyor are disclosed. In other specific embodiments, the conveyor includes a test station with a stop pin and locating pins for accurately positioning the conveyed article.