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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:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Applicants:
William M. Poteat, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Samuel D. Griggs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sean Michael Kieffer, Julian, NC (US);
Inventors:
William M. Poteat, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Samuel D. Griggs, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sean Michael Kieffer, Julian, NC (US);
Assignee:
Tipper Tie, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 27/32 (2006.01); B65B 65/02 (2006.01); B65B 57/00 (2006.01); B65B 51/04 (2006.01); B65B 25/06 (2006.01); B65B 63/02 (2006.01); B65B 9/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 25/065 (2013.01); B65B 65/02 (2013.01); B65B 57/00 (2013.01); B65B 9/15 (2013.01); B65B 51/04 (2013.01); B65B 63/026 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, devices and computer program products automatically package an object, such as, for example, whole muscle meat pieces, in a covering material, such as, for example, netting. The devices include a pusher assembly, an electric motor, preferably a servo motor with a gear box, that drives a linear drive assembly. The devices can include a programmably adjustable index and/or speed profile for the pusher assembly.