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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph T. Rassman, Jr., Lyndell, PA (US);
Kirt C. Weidner, Exton, PA (US);
Alan S. Geckle, Downingtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Omega Design Corporation, Lionville, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/334 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/334 ;
Abstract
A desiccant feeder system comprising, a reservoir for desiccant canisters, means for delivering the canisters through a transfer tube to at a loading station, means for presenting the open end of containers one at a time at the loading station, means for circulating air at high velocity through the tubing including an adjustable internal ring-shaped nozzle to deliver desiccant canisters from the reservoir to the loading station, and a shuttle selectively actuatable to discharge at least one desiccant cannister to the containers at the loading station.