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Patent Inventor Names
Eric M. Pressler0
Mark Costanzo0
Date of Patent
February 7, 2012
0Patent Application Number
126712650
Date Filed
August 22, 2008
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A spacing conveyor having article-accelerating rollers and selectively retractable stops to control the gaps between consecutive conveyed packages. A sensor measures the length of a package being fed onto the spacing conveyor. A controller selectively actuates one or more actuators positioned along the length of the conveyor to move selected stops advancing with the conveyor from a retracted position to a blocking position to receive packages a variety of sizes and to control the gaps between consecutive packages.
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