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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. 10, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory M Fulkerson, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Michael R Jennings, Bloomington, MN (US);
Stephen A Kaye, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Dwaine D Raddatz, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Assignee:
Thiele Engineering Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53458 ; 53236 ; 53252 ; 53255 ; 53258 ; 53473 ; 53566 ;
Abstract
A device and method for packaging of toothbrushes in cartons where conveyored toothbrushes gravitationally descend in a containment slide to be released individually from a metering mechanism into dual slotted starwheels. Brushes from the starwheels are deposited into configured infeed buckets to be subsequently loaded into a carton by a brush inserter mechanism.