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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Karl Heinz Hartlepp, Ontario, CA;
Brian Bruun, Hjortshoj, DK;
Christopher Robert Matanin, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Crisplant a/s, Arhus N., DK;
Abstract
A system for and a method of singulating parcels stored in a bulk into a single file of parcels that are mutually separated, by leading the parcels between consecutive, perpendicular conveyor sections by chutes that are designed for providing the desired spreading of parcels in a transport direction and/or the desired narrowing of the flow of parcels in a direction transverse to the transport direction. A first chute leads parcels from an input conveyor section to an intermediate conveyor section so that parcels having different transverse positions will tend to be spread in the transport direction when passing from the input conveyor section to the intermediate conveyor section. A second chute leads parcels from an intermediate conveyor section to a receiving conveyor section so that parcels subsequently will have a significantly reduced mutual spacing in the direction transverse to the transport direction of the receiving conveyor section.
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