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US4374559A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 23, 1981
Grant dateFeb 22, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 23, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B23/12
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Batches of biscuits are fed to a wrapping machine by a continuously moving infeed conveyor including a series of pusher bars. The batches are fed simultaneously from a number of magazines, disposed alongside the conveyor and pitched closer together than the pusher bars, to a common carrier which then moves to a discharge position above the conveyor. The batches are dropped sequentially from the carrier onto the conveyor under the control of air valves.

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