Selection system
CA 2469865 A1 · Owner: Meadwestvaco Packaging Systems Llc · Inventors: Joseph, Lilian; Bonnain, Jean-Christophe
Overview
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A selection apparatus for grouping articles (A) in predetermined quantities from a moving stream of articles. The apparatus includes a horizontal rotating plate (14, 114) with three equally spaced arms (15 15b, 15c) and a lug , assembly (16a, 16b 16c) attached to an end of each arm. The plate rotates at a repeating velocity pattern enabling a lug assembly to be inserted between articles from the moving stream and a group of selected articles to be separated by a predetermined acceleration of the lug assembly.
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- Filed December 11, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 11, 2022.
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