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Bottle orienting machine
Assignee: ABC Packaging Machine Corp
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Filing: 1963-08-30
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Granted: 1966-11-01
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Expires: 1983-08-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Morris P Neal
- 👤 James L Neal
- 👤 Donald G Reichert
- 👤 Sylvan V Dice
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 18:53
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65G; B65G47/00; B65G47/22; B65G47/24; B65G47/248; B65G47/252; B65G2201/00; B65G2201/02; B65G2201/0235; B65G2201/0244
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A MACHINE FOR ORIENTING RANDOMLY-ARRANGED BOTTLES, EACH OF SAID BOTTLES HAVING A LENGTWISE AXIS AND AN UPPER END AND SAID MACHINE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A HOPPER HAVING A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS POSITIONED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND WITH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ADJACENT ROLLERS BEING JUST SUFFICIENT FOR A BOTTLE TO PASS BETWEEN ADJACENT ROLLERS WITH ITS LENGTHWISE AXIS PARALLEL TO THE SAID ROLLERS, A
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
A MACHINE FOR ORIENTING RANDOMLY-ARRANGED BOTTLES, EACH OF SAID BOTTLES HAVING A LENGTWISE AXIS AND AN UPPER END AND SAID MACHINE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A HOPPER HAVING A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS POSITIONED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND WITH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ADJACENT ROLLERS BEING JUST SUFFICIENT FOR A BOTTLE TO PASS BETWEEN ADJACENT ROLLERS WITH ITS LENGTHWISE AXIS PARALLEL TO THE SAID ROLLERS, A
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