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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1994
Wolfgang C Dorner, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Michael A Hosch, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Darin L Danelski, Dousman, WI (US);
David A Remsing, Sussex, WI (US);
Dorner Mfg. Corp., Hartland, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for dispensing articles from a stack onto a moving conveyor. The apparatus includes a supporting structure or frame that supports a stack of articles and the supporting structure is canted at an angle of about 15.degree. to 25.degree. from the vertical. The supporting structure is generally L-shaped in cross section, having a pair of walls located generally normal to each other, while the opposite sides of the supporting structure are open so that the articles can be loaded into the supporting structure through the open sides. The lowermost article in the stack is supported on an L-shaped base, so that only peripheral portions of adjacent side edges of the lowermost article are supported. A pusher plate is mounted for sliding movement relative to the supporting structure and acts to push the lowermost article from the stack and the dispensed article will then fall onto the moving conveyor below. A stripper is mounted to engage the second lowermost article in the stack to prevent that article from being displaced from the supporting structure as the lowermost article is pushed from the stack.