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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. 21, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1993
Claude L McFarlane, Madison, WI (US);
David E Lukens, Lodi, WI (US);
Dennis F Conohan, Cross Plains, WI (US);
Steve O Schultz, Pardeeville, WI (US);
Wendell J Holl, Lodi, WI (US);
Mark A Persson, Arlington, WI (US);
DEC International, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A food product processing transport system (300) includes an overhead transport rail (302) having first and second runs (356 and 358, 390 and 392), a food product carrier (310) suspended from the rail and defining a vertical plane, a drive mechanism (326) for advancing the carrier along the rail, and a turning arrangement (354, 394) between the first and second runs and changing the relative orientation between the vertical plane defined by the carrier and the direction of advancement of the carrier. The carrier includes a slider block (312) slidable along the rail.