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CA 2718034 C · Owner: Conception R.P. Inc. · Inventors: Duclos, Gerald; Sullivan, David; Perreault, Real
Overview
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A feeder for orienting and aligning disorderly incoming articles includes a table having a peripheral wall a rotary surface surrounded by the , peripheral wall and a discharge substantially tangential to the peripheral wall, the discharge being sized to receive one article at a time from the rotary surface , in a predetermined orientation; and at least one pile eliminating member extending above the rotary surface and defining a gap with the rotary surface the gap being sized to solely permit passage of non-superposed articles laying in the predetermined orientation on the rotary surface. It also relates to a method for doing same and a method and an apparatus for removing …
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- Filed April 29, 2005 and granted April 17, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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