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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1996
Charles G Atwell, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Marc D Belcastro, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Joseph F Budjinski, II, Quinton, VA (US);
Jorg Forster, Richmond, VA (US);
Martin T Garthaffner, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Alfred Hinzmann, Sarasota, FL (US);
Wilfried Hoffman, Richmond, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for delivering predetermined amounts of material, the apparatus comprising a chute; a metering wheel in cooperative relation to the chute to repetitively draw discrete amount of material onto the metering wheel; an arrangement for establishing a procession of spaced apart articles along a path, a transfer wheel for repetitively transferring discrete amount of material from said metering wheel to spaces defined between adjacent pairs of articles in the procession and a cleaning wheel for removing extraneous material from the articles.