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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:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank Ziberna, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bi-Link Metal Specialties, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428131 ; 428 33 ; 428 58 ; 428 57 ; 428596 ; 428119 ; 428156 ; 428132 ; 428134 ; 428597 ; 428587 ; 428582 ; 428577 ; 428571 ; 428572 ; 4285248 ; 428906 ; 295646 ; 29417 ; 29 3 / ; 206717 ;
Abstract
A supply feedstock intended for use in a workpiece finishing machine wherein individual workpieces are successively separated and presented in a predetermined fashion to an automated loading means. The feedstock includes a plurality of individual workpieces arranged in side-by-side order in the form of a continuous belt, or bandolier, of workpieces, each of the workpieces being interconnected at head and tail portions of the workpieces by integral webs, successive workpieces being trimmed from the bandolier and presented to a loading means, while the separated webs are discharged to waste.