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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Applicant:
Michael Jonathan Coates, Otley, GB;
Inventor:
Michael Jonathan Coates, Otley, GB;
Assignee:
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for handling articles () through a multi-stage process, the apparatus comprising at least one rotatable process turret () having a number of pockets (), wherein each pocket () is adapted to support an article (). The pockets () are arranged in groups and each group of pockets (A,B,C) has associated tooling (A,B,C), which carries out one stage of the process. The articles () are initially fed into one group of pockets (A) only. A re-phase means () is provided to transfer the article () from one group of pockets (A,B) to another (B,C).