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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:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barend van Ravenhorst, Barneveld, NL;
Assignee:
Terpa Poultry B.V., , NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983431 ; 1984186 ; 198631 ;
Abstract
A method of, and apparatus for delivering articles to and discharging articles from a conveyor with differing motion characteristics. The conveyor comprises holders adapted to receive, deliver or handle articles from one or a plurality of supply devices adjacent to the conveyor, where each time only the part thereof which adjoins the supply device(s) stands still temporarily. One or more supply devices is or are arranged near one run of the conveyor, and one or more discharging or transferring mechanisms is or are disposed near the other run, the two runs of the conveyor following different motion characteristics.