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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. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Greg E Erlandson, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Jack T Mowry, Ramsey, MN (US);
Assignee:
NEOS, Inc., Elk River, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198413 ; 198403 ; 414403 ;
Abstract
A transfer machine tipper mechanism for overturning a container being moved from a first station to a second station. The transfer machine tipper mechanism has a plurality of actuators to engage and rotate the container. The actuators are sequenced to rotate the container from an initial orientation to a final orientation wherein the final orientation is defined by the top and bottom of the container being inverted from the initial orientation.