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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:
Aug. 18, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian L Aiken, Orlando, FL (US);
Patrick W Brown, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Hans R Espig, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Assignee:
Dart Industries Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ; A63H / ; A63H / ; G09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
446 75 ; 446 74 ; 446489 ; 434259 ;
Abstract
A sorting device including an open top container with an invertible sorting member mounted thereover. The sorting member includes multiple funnel-shaped passages therethrough each having, at one end, an enlarged opening and at the second truncated end a specifically configured opening of a size to closely receive and pass therethrough only a correspondingly configured block introduced in either direction through the configured opening.