Loading device with a moveable platform and a pivotal arm

US8253581B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RESTAURANT TECHNOLOGY INC. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey L. Sands · Freeport, US
• James D. Conlin · South Beloit, US
• Thomas J. Franken · Roscoe, US
• Andrew Paul Franklin · Beloit, US
• Randy L. Ginner · Beloit, US
• Ronald J. Glavan · Rockton, US
• Scott A. Glawe · Roscoe, US
• David A. Hill · Wyandotte, US
• Michael J. Newberry · Poplar Grove, US
• Jack Pellicane · Wyomissing, US
• Manuel Calzada · Rolling Meadows, US
• Henry T. Ewald · Schaumburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2203/042
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A loading device includes a feeder having a cutout and a sensor. When a sensor detects that an item is positioned in the cutout, a motor slides the feeder out of a first component to remove the item from the first component for delivery to a second component. Alternatively, the loading device is a pivotal arm which pivots to slide the item out of the first component.