Linear feeder for varying size articles
CA 2104199 A1 · Owner: Anderson, Phillip S. · Inventors: Anderson, Phillip S.; Schmitt, Werner H.; Vaughn, Charles
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Abstract of the Invention, An apparatus and method is provided for producing An oriented single file of articles comprising a conveyor having pockets for receiving articles, a lateral support surface forming a drop zone between it and an edge of the conveyor, a device for determining the direction in which articles are lying within the pockets, and a device for moving articles lying in one direction out of the pocket and onto the support surface. The pockets may be relatively quickly and easily changed to accommodate articles having different widths.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 16, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 16, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 16, 2015.
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