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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. 10, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 2/102 ;
Abstract
When a nozzle is selected, a piston rod ( ) of a nozzle selecting cylinder ( ) positioned at a lower end position unfailingly forms a gap (A) with an upper end of a nozzle elevating shaft ( ) so that the piston rod of the cylinder ( ) is not brought into contact with the nozzle elevating shaft at the time of nozzle selecting. Only when an elevating member ( ) is lowered by a drive by an elevation drive motor ( ), the piston rod ( ) is brought into contact with the nozzle elevating shaft ( ).