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Cup conveyor

US5730275A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 1996
Grant dateMar 24, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/1764
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inclined hopper system for the conveyance of irregular shaped geometric blank material upwardly along an inclined specially configured conveyor for presentation to a specially configured gravity hopper having a plurality of adjustment mechanisms for accommodation of irregularly geometrically shaped blanks such as paper cup sidewall members.

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