Conveyors: power-driven – Conveyor system for moving a specific load as a separate unit – System includes a load supported by a conveyor portion which...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-07
2008-12-16
Bidwell, James R (Department: 3651)
Conveyors: power-driven
Conveyor system for moving a specific load as a separate unit
System includes a load supported by a conveyor portion which...
C099S44300R
Reexamination Certificate
active
07464806
ABSTRACT:
Provided herein are various suspension devices and associated methods and apparatus to open loops (or form opened loops) in a chain of linked products suspended from one or more suspension devices in a conveyor system. In one implementation, a suspension device for a chain of linked products includes a link support portion pivotally coupled to a conveyor, the link support portion configured to suspend a portion of the chain of linked products therefrom and comprising a lower portion downwardly extending from the link support portion. The lower portion is configured to engage a portion of a respective link of the chain upon a pivoting motion of the link support portion about a pivot axis in order to open a respective loop suspended from the link support portion to an unloading orientation for unloading.
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Borkiewicz Zbigniew S.
Drebing Timothy J.
Hulett Kris K.
Kasai Minoru
Nakamura Tatsuo
Bidwell James R
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
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