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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2005
Eric Wyman, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Pearce, Ruther Glen, VA (US);
Mark Manzi, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Roland Lomerson, Jr., Bradenton, FL (US);
Eric Wyman, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas Pearce, Ruther Glen, VA (US);
Mark Manzi, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Roland Lomerson, Jr., Bradenton, FL (US);
Bakery Holdings LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A metering system for handling product through a packaging operation comprising: a mechanism for transporting individual product units in discrete lanes to a staging area ahead of a subsequent processing operation; a stop for restraining the flow of product before it enters the subsequent processing operation; a mechanism for detecting when a predetermined quantity of product has accumulated in each lane of the staging area against the stop; and a mechanism for restraining by individual lane further quantities of product before they enter the staging area.