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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fabrizio Tale', Bologna, IT;
Mario Spatafora, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4147951 ; 414795 ; 4147953 ; 1984671 ; 1986261 ;
Abstract
A unit for forming and supplying stacks of products to a machine, wherein a stacking device lifts the products successively off a continuous supply conveyor to form stacks which are fed along a supporting surface by a pocket conveyor for supplying the machine; and wherein, to enable at least partial formation of a stack before a respective conveying pocket is arrested in such a position as to receive the stack, the stacking device is provided with a stop member, which is movable to and from a position of interference with the pockets of the pocket conveyor, and against which the stack is at least partly formed.