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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:
Nov. 17, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
James D Thompson, Decatur, AL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
533811 ; 414417 ; 294 8629 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for separating bottles held together by a molded plastic sheet having a depending peripheral edge, wherein the ends of a plurality of fingers carried by a moveable frame extend inwardly to positions below the depending edge of and inside the periphery of the molded sheet when the frame is moved downward. A support member positioned above the fingers and moveably mounted on the frame is provided with a plurality of depending posts which are positioned in a pattern which is congruent to the pattern of the bottle necks, these posts serving to prevent upward movement of the bottles when the frame and fingers are moved upwardly to strip the molded sheet from the necks of the bottles.