Cassettes for systems which feed, count and dispense discrete objects

US6659304B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kirby Lester, LLC · US

Inventors

• Aleksandr Geltser · Stamford, US
• Vladimir Gershman · Stamford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 16, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 9, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B57/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A high capacity cassette for an object counting and dispensing system includes a substantially horizontal base including an exit hole, a peripheral wall about the base and having an internal periphery, the base and the peripheral wall defining a reservoir adapted to store a plurality of the discrete objects, and a structure about the internal periphery which feeds the discrete objects single file toward said exit hole.