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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E. Carson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kevin J. Anzek, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas A. Sahrle, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Dennis E. Schneider, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
CBW Automation, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/724 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 4/724 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and process for receiving a multiplicity of like circular articles, such as discs, rings, and lids, for example, presented in a known or random horizontal orientation, and for collecting them for subsequent conventional processing into a horizontal counted stack in which each of the circular articles of the stack has the same on-edge or vertical orientation.