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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:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonny Fitzgerald, Garland, TX (US);
Thomas G. Knodell, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Kenneth C. Petri, Richardson, TX (US);
P. Blake Svejkovsky, Marquez, TX (US);
Paul S. Svejkovsky, Marquez, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/710 ;
Abstract
A discharge gate mechanism or structure for proportioning a volume of goods between two flow streams. The gate discharge structure includes a one-piece tube having a gate discharge opening therein. A feed trough is connected to tube for reciprocal simultaneous movement with tube for moving the goods along trough and tube . A motor is effective to rotate tube and opening therein relative to feed trough to position discharge opening at a desired location for controlling the discharge of goods between two flow streams.