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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C Crawford, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Simplimatic Engineering Company, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198453 ; 198448 ;
Abstract
A conveyor is provided for combining articles from a mass to a single file lane. The conveyor comprises a moving guide belt disposed over multiple, parallel conveying surfaces traveling at progressively increasing speeds toward the single file lane. The angle, speed, or both of the guide is selected to minimize article rotation.