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Container handling apparatus
Assignee: Pneumatic Scale Corp
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Filing: 1961-11-21
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1981-11-21
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 James P Whelan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:25
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G47/00; B65G2811/00; B65G2811/06; B65G2811/0673; B65G2811/0689; B65G2811/0694
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
IN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CONTAINERS, A VERTICAL GUIDE CHUTE, MEANS FOR DEPOSITING RELATIVELY LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC CONTAINERS LONGITUDINALLY END TO END INTO SAID CHUTE, MEANS FOR RETAINING AND PERIODICALLY RELEASING SUCCESSIVE CONTAINERS DEPOSITED INTO THE CHUTE TO PROVIDE A GROUP OF LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED CONTAINERS IN THE CHUTE, MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY REMOVING SUCCESSIVE LOWERMOST CONTAINERS IN THE GROUP SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE OPERATION OF SAID RELEASING MEANS WHEREBY TO MAINTAIN A GROUP OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM HEIGHT, SAID GROUP BEING NORMALLY MAINTAINED AT A HEIGHT SUCH AS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT WEIGHT ABOVE THE LOWERMOST CONTAINERS TO HOLD THE LATTER IN OPERATIVE RELATION TO SAID REMOVING MEANS AND ALSO SUCH AS TO PERMIT SLIGHT EVALUATION OF THE GROUP DURING THE REMOVING OPERATION, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID HEIGHT COM-
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
IN APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CONTAINERS, A VERTICAL GUIDE CHUTE, MEANS FOR DEPOSITING RELATIVELY LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC CONTAINERS LONGITUDINALLY END TO END INTO SAID CHUTE, MEANS FOR RETAINING AND PERIODICALLY RELEASING SUCCESSIVE CONTAINERS DEPOSITED INTO THE CHUTE TO PROVIDE A GROUP OF LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED CONTAINERS IN THE CHUTE, MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY REMOVING SUCCESSIVE LOWERMOST CONTAINERS IN THE GROUP SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE OPERATION OF SAID RELEASING MEANS WHEREBY TO MAINTAIN A GROUP OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM HEIGHT, SAID GROUP BEING NORMALLY MAINTAINED AT A HEIGHT SUCH AS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT WEIGHT ABOVE THE LOWERMOST CONTAINERS TO HOLD THE LATTER IN OPERATIVE RELATION TO SAID REMOVING MEANS AND ALSO SUCH AS TO PERMIT SLIGHT EVALUATION OF THE GROUP DURING THE REMOVING OPERATION, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID HEIGHT COM-
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1968-12-27 | 1969-06-28 | 1969-12-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1972-12-27 | 1973-06-28 | 1973-12-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1976-12-27 | 1977-06-28 | 1977-12-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |