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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. 24, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jelle van der Schoot, Aalten, NL;
Assignee:
Staalkat B.V., Aalten, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C / ; A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
209592 ; 1984651 ; 1986901 ; 19880301 ; 209513 ; 209596 ; 209912 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for transporting vulnerable products such as eggs, along successive stations and handling the same therein, each product at the beginning of the handling cycle being received separately in a container that is freely moveable in at least one direction during a part of the handling cycle, and being removed therefrom after the handling cycle. The container may be open at the top, narrowing towards the bottom, e.g. according to a truncated cone, and further comprising a foot extending perpendicularly to the container axis, the outer circumference of the foot being at least equal to the outer circumference of the upper edge of the container.