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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2007
Applicants:

Darcy O. Clarke, Kent, WA (US);

James E. Torina, Issaquah, WA (US);

Joel Butt, Portland, OR (US);

Glenn Eastman, Federal Way, WA (US);

Stephen Pawlawski, Manchester, WA (US);

Inventors:

Darcy O. Clarke, Kent, WA (US);

James E. Torina, Issaquah, WA (US);

Joel Butt, Portland, OR (US);

Glenn Eastman, Federal Way, WA (US);

Stephen Pawlawski, Manchester, WA (US);

Assignee:

Talyst Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/00 (2006.01); B41F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method of delivering a container () to a marking apparatus (), wherein the marking apparatus () is of the type having a marking device for selectively applying a mark to a container (). The method comprises providing a plurality of containers within a staging assembly (), and isolating at least one container () within a singulator assembly (), wherein the singulator assembly () is in communication with the staging assembly (). The method further comprises transporting the at least one container () from the singulator assembly () to a portion of the marking apparatus () with a shuttle ().


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