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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Automatic Feed Company, Napoleon, OH (US);
Inventors:
James H. Witte, Malinta, OH (US);
Marvin Karl Himmelein, Perrysburg, OH (US);
James Edwin Gerdeman, Toledo, OH (US);
Kim Beck, Toledo, OH (US);
Jeffrey Paul Gerken, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
Automatic Feed Company, Napoleon, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 17/46 (2006.01); B65G 15/58 (2006.01); B65G 57/00 (2006.01); B65G 21/20 (2006.01); B65G 57/04 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B65G 47/92 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 57/00 (2013.01); B65G 21/2018 (2013.01); B65G 21/2036 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/91 (2013.01); B65G 47/92 (2013.01); B65G 57/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system for transporting work pieces from one location to another. The system uses either magnetic force or vacuum, or both, to lift and retain the work pieces against the moving overhead conveyor belt. The system can interrupt the magnetic force and/or the vacuum to release the work pieces from against the moving overhead conveyor belt at a desired transport location.