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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Edward E Ross, San Rafael, CA (US);
Dennis R Beland, Owatonna, MN (US);
Craig A Furlo, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
M Scott Howarth, Pueblo, CO (US);
Brian E Knutson, Burnsville, MN (US);
James W Laughton, Pueblo West, CO (US);
David R Laydon, Pueblo, CO (US);
Stefan F Molenaar, Pueblo, CO (US);
Robert C Solum, Richland, WA (US);
Alan D Stender, Pueblo, CO (US);
Magnuson Corporation, Pueblo, CO (US);
Abstract
A corn transfer and alignment mechanism for preparing ears for being sawn into cobbettes is provided. The ears are received by the transfer mechanism from a feed conveyor on which the ears are conveyed singularly with their tip ends first. The transfer station uses a transfer plate and stabilizer drum to reduce the forward momentum of the ears and align the tips of the ears against a guide plate. The aligned ears are then discharged onto a roller conveyor for presentation to trimming saws.