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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Samuel D. Griggs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dennis J. May, Pittsboro, NC (US);
William M. Poteat, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Derek L. Brown, Apex, NC (US);
David R. Gupton, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Inventors:
Samuel D. Griggs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dennis J. May, Pittsboro, NC (US);
William M. Poteat, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Derek L. Brown, Apex, NC (US);
David R. Gupton, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
Tipper Tie, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 35/20 (2006.01); B65B 51/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Automated pusher mechanisms with pusher heads that reciprocally travel in a product chute. The pusher head has a laterally extending planar forward portion and semi-circular side portions.