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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Alfred A. Taylor, Lugarno, AU;
Inventor:
Alfred A. Taylor, Lugarno, AU;
Assignee:
TNA Australian Pty Limited, Lidcombe, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/32 (2006.01); B65B 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A chute assembly to be positioned between a weigher and a former of a packaging machine. The chute assembly includes a timing gate device including a plurality of timing gates that regulates the delivery of batches of product from the weigher to the former. The gates are driven between a first position at which they inhibit the delivery of batches of product to the former and a second position permitting the flow of batches of product to the former.