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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:
Mar. 04, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven W Mory, Green Bay, WI (US);
Ronald L Lotto, Bonduel, WI (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31B / ; B31B / ; B65H / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
493204 ; 271195 ; 271196 ; 414 72 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus, associated with a rotary transfer device having a plurality of radially extending circumferentially spaced arms, for flattening and maintaining thermoplastic web segments or bags in a flat condition at a pick-up or transfer station so that successive segments or bags are being engaged and transferred by the arms of the transfer device are free of folds or wrinkles and thus insure proper stacking on one or more upwardly extending posts at a stacking station.