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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:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Graham J Ross, Hingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Pneumatic Scale Corporation, Quincy, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198347 ; 198419 ; 198429 ;
Abstract
Apparatus comprising an accumulator for temporarily storing articles being transferred by a conveyor from one operation to another in the event that there is blockage of the articles at the discharge end of the conveyor and for restoring the articles to the conveyor when the blockage is dispersed including sensors and control circuitry for on the one hand transferring the articles from the conveyor to the accumulator and on the other hand transferring the articles from the accumulator to the conveyor.