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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2007
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);
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);
Talyst Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
An auto-feed assembly () for selectively transporting containers to a marking apparatus () is provided. The marking apparatus () includes a marking device for selectively applying a mark to a container (). The auto-feed assembly includes a staging assembly () for processing a plurality of containers and a singulator assembly () in communication with the staging assembly () for isolating at least one container () from the plurality of containers. The auto-feed assembly () further includes a shuttle () disposed between the singulator assembly () and a portion of the marking apparatus (), wherein the shuttle () is adapted for transporting the at least one container () to the portion of the marking apparatus ().