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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:
Apr. 07, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald A Lenhart, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Precision Metal Fabricators, Inc., Arvada, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414786 ; 198836 ; 406 88 ; 414 28 ; 414112 ; 414676 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for conveying container ends en masse wherein the container ends are first placed in stacks of substantially equal height. These stacks are conveyed by conventional air conveying means through an accumulator which includes air mass conveyor table which has a top cover spaced above the top of the stacks of container ends at a height which is less than the overlap of the nested container ends so that the container ends remain in their respective stacks when subjected to lateral forces. These container end stacks can be brought into single file by air conveying single filing technology at the outlet of the accumulator.