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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:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sydney S Tolson, Scotland Neck, NC (US);
Assignee:
Ossid Corporation, Scotland Neck, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34 22 ; 34 34 ; 34233 ; 34217 ; 1530 / ; 1531 / ; 15345 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing water from a package loaded open top basket having a bottom wall, end and side walls with numerous ribs, crevices and openings conducive to collecting water are based on using spaced apart pressurized air and vacuum sources operated so as to sequentially accumulate and move the water downwardly and to a location near a suction source on one side of the basket, then to a location near a suction source on the opposite side of the basket and finally by applying suction to the bottom of the basket.