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Apparatus and method for segregating counted slugs of flats

CA 1237104 A · Owner: Labombarde, Raymond A. · Inventors: Labombarde, Raymond A.

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An apparatus for handling a plurality of flat collapsed, folded, paper boxes which have been produced on a high speed folder-gluer, delivered, in shingled formation onto the advancing apron of a stacker counted into, slugs of about fifty each and must be packed into cases for shipment. To enable an operator to grasp individual and successive lifts of the flats between her hands and remove them for packing the apparatus includes a, secondary apron traveling at less speed than the stacker apron to raise the shingled flats upstanding on edge, hold down belts to prevent misalignment and a transversely movable segregation rod mounted on a carriage movable horizontally alongside the path of the …

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  • Granted May 24, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 24, 2005.
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FiledOctober 9, 1984
GrantedMay 24, 1988
Term endedMay 24, 2005
Patent numberCA 1237104 A
Classification (IPC)B65B35/00 +2 more

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1985198819911994199720002003Application filedOct 9, 1984Patent grantedMay 24, 1988Term endedMay 24, 2005

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