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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert V Total, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Timothy G Mally, Oregon, WI (US);
Assignee:
Oscar Mayer, Madison, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53448 ; 53493 ; 53532 ; 53542 ; 53543 ; 198420 ; 198425 ; 198456 ; 414 28 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for staging a plurality of products into a grouping of a desired number of the products having a given center-to-center spacing therebetween. The staging assembly includes an endless track that indexes in order to feed, without gaps, a desired number of products thereonto, which endless track off-feeds in a generally constant manner in order to provide, in association with the takeaway speed of a receiving conveyor, the desired center-to-center spacing.