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Automated pusher mechanisms for packaging systems

US8397472B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tipper Tie, Inc. · US

Inventors

Samuel D. Griggs · Raleigh, US
Dennis J. May · Pittsboro, US
William M. Poteat · Fuquay-Varina, US
Derek L. Brown · Apex, US
David R. Gupton · Wake Forest, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 15, 2011
Grant date	Mar 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 15, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53787
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Automated pusher mechanisms with pusher heads that reciprocally travel in a product chute. The pusher head has a laterally extending planar forward portion and semi-circular side portions.

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