US Patent: 4,124,113
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Case Indexer
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Patentee:
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Carl I. Trees (exact or similar names) - Moscow, Clermont County, OH |
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Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
Jun. 09, 1977 |
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Nov. 07, 1978 |
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Joel Havens "Vintage Machinery" entry for Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool Co.
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Description: |
Abstract:
Apparatus for indexing cases into an uncaser or the like having a case conveyor with upstanding lugs which space the cases apart by a predetermined distance as the cases move in end-to-end abutting relation toward the uncaser. The indexer includes an endless chain having outwardly-projecting lugs spaced along its length a distance less than the length of each case. Each lug moves into the rear portion of a case as the case moves toward the case conveyor and swings the rear portion of the case to one side whereby the lug engages the leading wall of the next succeeding case and times the entry of the case onto the case conveyor. |
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