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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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey J. Buer, Norwalk, IA (US);
Assignee:
MidAmerica Recycling Company, Des Moines, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 7/20 ;
Abstract
A method for automatically loading bags of recyclable containers into a trailer. The containers of plastic bags are put onto a conveyor, which delivers them to a loader having a ram to push the bags of containers into the trailer automatically. In a preferred embodiment, a computer assisted by electric eye sensors controls the number of strokes of the ram, and controls when the conveyor and loader is operating.