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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:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Robin G. Thurgood, Marshall, MI (US);
Brian C. Bowerman, Quincy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robin G. Thurgood, Marshall, MI (US);
Brian C. Bowerman, Quincy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Rennco, LLC, Homer, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06Q 90/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A container packaging machine includes a container handling and counting apparatus including an upstream accumulation portion and a downstream container separation and counting portion. The containers having a relatively tightly nested configuration as the containers move through the accumulation portion and having a relatively loosely nested configuration as the containers move through the container separation and counting portion where separation of the containers form distinct peaks and valleys for use in counting the containers.