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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:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard J Richardson, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Charles E Crown, San Fernando, CA (US);
Assignee:
Anthony's Manufacturing Company, Inc., San Fernanado, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A27F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
211 593 ; 211 51 ; 312 71 ;
Abstract
A product advance mechanism is described and includes a product contact element for contacting a product and for moving so as to push the product. A track is included for supporting and guiding the product contact element as the contact element moves. A bias element biases the product contact element in a direction along the track, and a brake mechanism controls the amount of bias applied to the product element.