Article dispensing – With discharge assistant – Reciprocating
Patent
1997-02-11
1998-11-03
Skaggs, H. Grant
Article dispensing
With discharge assistant
Reciprocating
221264, 221 93, 221 95, B65G 5906, B65H 344
Patent
active
058296328
ABSTRACT:
A gate assembly, for a dedicated feeder sub-system in a pharmaceutical product packaging system, includes a flexible gating structure. Product feed tubes leading from a product bin to a packaging web loading station carry slots in which flexible bands operate to intercept product within the product feed tubes. A drive mechanism controls the position of the flexible bands to intercept the line of flow product units and to index a single product unit at a time from each feed tube. The indexing of individual product from each feed tube is simultaneous thereby loading a matrix of product onto the packaging web in a single load operation. The operation of the drive is timed in synchronism with the operation of the packaging system. Change over adjustments are available for different product shapes, sizes and characteristics.
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Gehlert Klaus E.
Waitz John W.
Gemel Precision Tool Co., Inc.
Mackey Patrick
Simkanich John J.
Skaggs H. Grant
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