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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randy R Seidel, Allentown, PA (US);
Neal B Cohen, Flourtown, PA (US);
Gary Davenport, Sellersville, PA (US);
Roger Honegger, Yardley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Graphic Management Associates, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; B42B / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
27110109 ; 271295 ; 1984181 ; 198644 ; 198779 ; 270 5214 ;
Abstract
A device for feeding flat, flexible products from the bottom of a stack. The stack is supported by rollers arranged like spokes in a wheel that is continuously rotating. Feeding occurs when a vacuum cup pulls the leading edge of a product between subsequent rollers. A rotary conveyor following feeding employing rollers with irregular surfaces is incorporated to insert the products into a series of pockets passing beneath.