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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Usnr, Llc, Woodland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Petri Saastamo, Woodland, WA (US);
Christopher W. Blomquist, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Mike Dockter, Kelso, WA (US);
Assignee:
USNR, LLC, Woodland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/34 (2006.01); B65G 13/02 (2006.01); B07C 5/14 (2006.01); B27B 5/18 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 59/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 13/02 (2013.01); B07C 5/14 (2013.01); B27B 5/18 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/26 (2013.01); B65G 47/34 (2013.01); B65G 59/12 (2013.01); Y10T 83/0462 (2015.04); Y10T 83/664 (2015.04);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems, methods and assemblies comprising one or more tapered feed rolls. Tapered feed rolls may be used to change the rate and direction of workpiece travel along a processing line while retaining the workpieces in sequential order. Routing workpiece flow with tapered feed rolls may allow the workpieces to be tracked along one or more processing lines, and may reduce the operational space required for workpiece processing.