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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
James R. Michler, Ashland, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Gendron, Ashland, WI (US);
Dennis P. Couturier, Washburn, WI (US);
James R. Michler, Ashland, WI (US);
Jeffrey A. Gendron, Ashland, WI (US);
Dennis P. Couturier, Washburn, WI (US);
C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company, Inc., Ashland, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for moving stacks of product discharged from a stacking device. The apparatus includes a first conveyor movable at a first speed and a second conveyor movable at a second speed. The first conveyor includes an upstream end adjacent to the stacking device. The first conveyor is positioned to receive product from the stacking device. The second conveyor includes an upstream end adjacent to the stacking device. The second conveyor is positioned to receive product from the stacking device. The running speed of the first conveyor is faster than the running speed of the second conveyor to move stacks of product on the first conveyor away from the stacking device at a faster speed than stacks of product on the second conveyor.