Staging apparatus and method
US4744201A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 17, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65B35/44
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for staging a plurality of products into a grouping of a desired number of the products having a given center-to-center spacing therebetween. The staging assembly includes an endless track that indexes in order to feed, without gaps, a desired number of products thereonto, which endless track off-feeds in a generally constant manner in order to provide, in association with the takeaway speed of a receiving conveyor, the desired center-to-center spacing.
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