Apparatus and process for handling circular articles
US6547057B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/252
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and process for receiving a multiplicity of like circular articles, such as discs, rings, and lids, for example, presented in a known or random horizontal orientation, and for collecting them for subsequent conventional processing into a horizontal counted stack in which each of the circular articles of the stack has the same on-edge or vertical orientation.
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