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Apparatus and method for handling lids

US6065925A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 25, 1999
Grant dateMay 23, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G33/06
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A lid handling system employs a lid alignment assembly for aligning lids randomly placed on a rotating input disc, a lid separation assembly for separating lids spinning on a pair of horizontal spin bars into a counted stack, a vacuum pickup assembly for picking up a counted stack of lids, a pick and place assembly for transporting and placing stacks of lids into trays having upwardly bent side members, and a conveyor for conveying filled trays toward a carton.

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