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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:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Carlson, Yakima, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198394 ; 198395 ; 1984686 ; 198692 ; 198375 ; 99550 ;
Abstract
A first unit positions and then rotates an apple with a randomly oriented core. Rotation is stopped when any one of a series of aligned probes enters into one of the indents in the core of the apple. A second unit with axis of rotation at 90 degrees from the axis of rotation of the first unit takes and holds the positioned apple, and then rotates it. Rotation is stopped when a positioned probe enters into the indent in the core to align the core of the apple in the desired position to provide apple core alignment.