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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. 21, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C Welder, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raymond Production Systems, Hollister, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983462 ; 1984633 ; 198372 ; 198750 ;
Abstract
A device for removing or sending an article from a conveyor of a transport system to and from work stations located therealong comprising platforms capable of being raised or lowered so that an article being carried by the conveyor can be taken out of physical contact with the conveyor at various work station locations. Once the article has been raised out of contact with the central conveyor, a closed loop belt driven by a fluid actuated cylinder causes the article to be conveyed onto or away from the central conveyor.