Article dispensing – With supply cartridge or container removable from enclosing...
Patent
1995-06-06
1997-05-13
Noland, Kenneth
Article dispensing
With supply cartridge or container removable from enclosing...
221312A, B65H 100
Patent
active
056284284
ABSTRACT:
A feeder system for sequentially supplying a plurality of cuvettes or other objects to a conveyor track. The system includes a cassette, an escapement, and an actuator. The cassette retains the objects/cuvettes in at least one substantially vertical stack over the conveyor. The escapement is movable between a first position in which the escapement supports the bottom object in the stack, a second middle position in which the escapement supports both the bottom object and the object above it and a third position in which the escapement continues to support the object in said stack above the bottom object and releases the bottom object to be deposited on the conveyor. The actuator moves the escapement between the first, second and third positions. Novel apparatus for use in the system, including a stick for loading cuvettes into a cassette and a cuvette particularly adapted for stacking, are also provided.
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Calhoun Jeffrey E.
Helstern Gary C.
Peragine, Jr. Daniel A.
Scordato Emil
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