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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:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl R Holzer, Jr, Anderson, SC (US);
Richard T Phelps, III, Greenville, SC (US);
David L Caldwell, Weaverville, NC (US);
Gary W Hanwell, Anderson, SC (US);
Theodore G Karageorgiou, Arden, NC (US);
Assignee:
BASF Corporation, Mt. Olive, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2425993 ; 242550 ; 242128 ; 310 905 ;
Abstract
Materials are off-wound from a package by magnetically levitating the package about a centerline, such that the package remains relatively free from rotation; and removing the material from the package in a direction that is approximately parallel to the centerline.