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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt E. Brown, New London, PA (US);
Assignee:
Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 3/100 ;
Abstract
System and method for conveying air-filled cushions in which a continuous string of the cushions is fed into an elongated duct with the string extending longitudinally of the duct, and an air flow is established in the duct to convey the string of cushions through the duct to a bin. In some embodiments, the bin is mounted on wheels to facilitate movement between different locations, and in others, it is suspended from a trolley which runs on an overhead track.