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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:
Jun. 10, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
James M Nield, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Diamond Automations, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198430 ; 198432 ; 1984684 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for increasing the speed of removal of eggs from an egg-tray conveyor and unloading of the eggs onto a roller conveyor. The invention includes two or more loader head pairs, which can operate either alternatively or in tandem between the egg-tray conveyor and the roller conveyor. The loader head pairs can also be indexed. The invention allows for an increase in speed of an egg-grading machine without an increase in risk that the eggs to be graded will be damaged during removal and unloading.