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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2004
Applicant:
James T. Henry, Greenville, TX (US);
Inventor:
James T. Henry, Greenville, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Henry Group, Inc., Greenville, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 47/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bun laner sorts buns into a predetermined number of lanes, for providing buns to a packaging unit. The bun laner detects when some lanes are filling faster than other and closes those lanes while the other lanes fill. A vacuum may be used to hold buns in a filled lane in order to close the lane. An optical detection unit may be used to determine when a bun has been stationary at a certain position in the lane for a predetermined amount of time.