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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:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Donald Beck, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
SMC Corporation of America, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/784 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/784 ;
Abstract
An escapement device configured to control the flow of items along a flow path having a housing, first and second shafts positioned in the housing to move between extended and retracted positions and a spherical lock member positioned to contact one of the shafts to block it from moving between the extended and retracted position.