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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:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1993
Bruce D Smith, West Chester, PA (US);
William J Covert, Berlin, NJ (US);
Edward F Vander Bush, Downingtown, PA (US);
Roy B Melton, Pottstown, PA (US);
Paul W Sirgenson, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Frank C Tammaro, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Bernard F Sykes, Mont Clare, PA (US);
Eric Shoup, Manalapan, NJ (US);
J Donald Birtwell, Pottstown, PA (US);
Thomas A Stalnaker, West Chester, PA (US);
The West Company, Lionville, PA (US);
Abstract
In a system for transferring groups of containers from one location to another, a loading station including a transfer mechanism for continuously delivering rows of containers from the transfer station to a tray loading station. A device at the tray loading station is included for cycling the tray in a predetermined controlled sequence to receive rows of containers delivered by the transfer mechanism and to position them in a compact array in the tray.