US3102374A
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Assignee: Tech Art Inc
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Filing: 1960-03-24
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Granted: 1963-09-03
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Expires: 1980-03-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Allen H Lloyd
- 👤 Kenneth R Runyan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 01:29
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65B; B65B5/00; B65B5/10; B65B57/00; B65B57/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
IN A DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED THE COMBINATION OF MEANS PLACING ARTICLES INTO A HOPPER, A HOPPER RECEIVING SAID ARTICLES FROM SAID PLACING MEANS, DISCHARGE MEANS INCLUDING AND ENDLESS BELT DISCHARGING THE ARTICLES INDIVIDUALLY BUT CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE HOPPER, A PRE-FORMED CONTAINER FOR THE ARTICLES AS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOPPER, MEANS SUPPORTING AND MOVING SAID CONTAINER REALTIVE TO THE HOPPER DISCHARGE MEANS DURING THE RECEPTION OF THE ARTICLES BY THE CONTAINER, MEANS INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS OPERATING THE CONTAINER SUPPORTING AND MOVING MEANS, MEANS IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE ARTICLES OPERATED BY SAID ARTICLES AS THEY ARE DISCHARGED INTO THE CONTAINER OPERATING THE CONTROL MEANS OF THE SUPPORTING AND MOVING MEANS OPERATING MEANS AND EFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE CONTAINER SUPPORTING AND MOVING MEANS AND MEANS INCLUDING A COUNTER OPERATED BY SAID ARTICLES AND DISCHARGE ENDLESS BELT STOPPING THE DISCHARGE FROM THE HOPPER AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF ARTICLES HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOPPER INTO THE SAID PRE-FORMED CONTAINER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
IN A DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED THE COMBINATION OF MEANS PLACING ARTICLES INTO A HOPPER, A HOPPER RECEIVING SAID ARTICLES FROM SAID PLACING MEANS, DISCHARGE MEANS INCLUDING AND ENDLESS BELT DISCHARGING THE ARTICLES INDIVIDUALLY BUT CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE HOPPER, A PRE-FORMED CONTAINER FOR THE ARTICLES AS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOPPER, MEANS SUPPORTING AND MOVING SAID CONTAINER REALTIVE TO THE HOPPER DISCHARGE MEANS DURING THE RECEPTION OF THE ARTICLES BY THE CONTAINER, MEANS INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS OPERATING THE CONTAINER SUPPORTING AND MOVING MEANS, MEANS IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE ARTICLES OPERATED BY SAID ARTICLES AS THEY ARE DISCHARGED INTO THE CONTAINER OPERATING THE CONTROL MEANS OF THE SUPPORTING AND MOVING MEANS OPERATING MEANS AND EFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THE CONTAINER SUPPORTING AND MOVING MEANS AND MEANS INCLUDING A COUNTER OPERATED BY SAID ARTICLES AND DISCHARGE ENDLESS BELT STOPPING THE DISCHARGE FROM THE HOPPER AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF ARTICLES HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOPPER INTO THE SAID PRE-FORMED CONTAINER.
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