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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:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
May. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas M. Ingraham, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 ; B65G 3/700 ; B65G 4/724 ; B65G 4/300 ; B65G 4/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 ; B65G 3/700 ; B65G 4/724 ; B65G 4/300 ; B65G 4/704 ;
Abstract
An object loader system is provided for loading objects from storage into an object processing application. A first conveyor receives the objects from storage, and a second conveyor receives the objects from the first conveyor system at a predetermined location. A sensor determines detection of objects approximately relative to the predetermined location. The first conveyor conveys the objects to the second conveyor based upon the determined detection by the sensor.