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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip S Lachapelle, Tega Cay, SC (US);
Ralph S Goldstein, Lake Wylie, SC (US);
Assignee:
Roberts Systems, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271119 ; 271120 ; 271122 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for the feeding of individual carton blanks from a stack of blanks held in a retaining magazine to an adjacent takeaway belt of a conveyor. A bi-directional roller of two or more wheels is provided whereby a cleat attached to the rim of one wheel is used to bias a package blank to an adjacent carton blank conveyor. A second wheel of the roller rotates in the opposite direction of the first wheel which engages and supports the remaining blanks.