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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. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Applicants:
Jeffrey D. Wintring, Florence, KY (US);
R. Todd Gatman, Burlington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey D. Wintring, Florence, KY (US);
R. Todd Gatman, Burlington, KY (US);
Assignee:
R. A. Jones & Co. Inc., Covington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/244 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved product handling and transfer apparatus includes rotatable product buckets for receiving product and re-orienting product for packaging in diverse configurations or containers. Buckets preferably include channels spanned by deposited product or receiving product therein, with bucket turning as appropriate to a packaging configuration. Flat bottom buckets and methods are disclosed.