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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2015
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew Bernard Overley, Deerfield Township, OH (US);
Wesley Bernard Brokopp, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Matthew Daniel Dooley, Morrow, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for reorienting and/or stacking products includes a frame and a telescopic infeed associated with the frame. The telescopic infeed has a receiving end and a transfer end. The transfer end is disposed at a first elevation and moveable in a machine direction and in a reverse machine direction. The telescopic infeed advances one or more products in the machine direction; and a landing surface receives the one or more products. The landing surface is disposed in a landing region proximate to the transfer end and at a second elevation. The first elevation is higher than the second elevation. A deflector is operatively engageable with the transfer end, such that the deflector is capable of deflecting a leading end of at least one of the one of more products.