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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:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Galen H Redden, Gypsum, KS (US);
Assignee:
Gelco International L.L.C., Shawnee Mission, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198415 ; 198395 ;
Abstract
A plate alignment station (24) for advancing a series of plates and for adjusting the orientation or alignment of the plates as they are advanced. The alignment station includes a conveyor (140) having a pair of side-by-side conveyor chains or belts (142, 144) and a pair of servo assemblies (146, 148) each coupled with one of the chains or belts. The servo assemblies can be operated to advance or retard one of the conveyor chains or belts relative to the other to adjust the orientation of plates supported on the conveyors.