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2. IN COMBINATION WITH A MOTOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING DEVICE AND A POWER-DRIVEN CONVEYOR WHICH CONSTITUTES THE FLOOR OF A SINGLE ROW DELIVERY PATH ALONG WHICH ARTICLES ARE ADVANCED TO THE PROCESSING DEVICE, ARTICLE COMBINING APPARATUS OF THE KIND WHEREIN MOTOR-DRIVEN CONVEYOR MEANS CONSTITUTES A FLOOR OF A WIDTH SUCH THAT ARTICLES RESTING ON SAID FLOOR ARE FREE TO MOVE TRANSVERSELY WHILE BEING ADVANCED BY SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS DEFINING A CONVERGING PASSAGE OF FIXED DIMENSIONS AND HAVING ITS WIDER END ARRANGED TO RECEIVE ARTICLES FROM THE CONVEYOR MEANS AND HAVING ITS NARROWER END ARRANGED TO DELIVER ARTICLES RECEIVED FROM THE CONVEYOR MEANS TO SAID SINGLEROW DELIVERY PATH, THE WIDTH OF THE CONVERGING PASSAGE, WHERE IT JOINS THE DELIVERY PATH, BEING SUCH AS TO PERMIT ONLY ONE ARTICLE AT A TIME TO PASS, AND WHEREIN FIXED RIGID ELEMENTS CONSTITUTE THE OPPOSITE WALLS OF SAID CONVERGING PASSAGE, AND WHEREIN ARTICLES ARE ADVANCED THROUGH THE CONVERGING PASSAGE SOLELY BY SAID MOTOR-DRIVEN CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS NORMALLY OPERATIVE TO DELIVERY ARTICLES TO SAID CONVEYOR MEANS AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT RATE AND IN DISORDERLY ARRAY, AND MEANS OPERATIVE TO MAINTAIN A PREDETERMINED ANTIJAMMING PATTERN OF ARTICLES IN SAID CONVERGING PASSAGE, SAID MEANS CONSISTING OF A DETECTOR SENSITIVELY RESPONSIVE TO VARIATIONS IN THE QUANTITY OF ARTICLES IN THE CONVERGING PASSAGE, AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID DETECTOR OPERATIVE TO STOP THE FLOW OF ARTICLES ALONG SAID SINGLE ROW DELIVERY PATH WHENEVER THE QUANTITY OF ARTICLES IN THE CONVERGING PASSAGE DROPS BELOW A PREDETERMINED LEVEL.
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2. IN COMBINATION WITH A MOTOR-DRIVEN PROCESSING DEVICE AND A POWER-DRIVEN CONVEYOR WHICH CONSTITUTES THE FLOOR OF A SINGLE ROW DELIVERY PATH ALONG WHICH ARTICLES ARE ADVANCED TO THE PROCESSING DEVICE, ARTICLE COMBINING APPARATUS OF THE KIND WHEREIN MOTOR-DRIVEN CONVEYOR MEANS CONSTITUTES A FLOOR OF A WIDTH SUCH THAT ARTICLES RESTING ON SAID FLOOR ARE FREE TO MOVE TRANSVERSELY WHILE BEING ADVANCED BY SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS DEFINING A CONVERGING PASSAGE OF FIXED DIMENSIONS AND HAVING ITS WIDER END ARRANGED TO RECEIVE ARTICLES FROM THE CONVEYOR MEANS AND HAVING ITS NARROWER END ARRANGED TO DELIVER ARTICLES RECEIVED FROM THE CONVEYOR MEANS TO SAID SINGLEROW DELIVERY PATH, THE WIDTH OF THE CONVERGING PASSAGE, WHERE IT JOINS THE DELIVERY PATH, BEING SUCH AS TO PERMIT ONLY ONE ARTICLE AT A TIME TO PASS, AND WHEREIN FIXED RIGID ELEMENTS CONSTITUTE THE OPPOSITE WALLS OF SAID CONVERGING PASSAGE, AND WHEREIN ARTICLES ARE ADVANCED THROUGH THE CONVERGING PASSAGE SOLELY BY SAID MOTOR-DRIVEN CONVEYOR MEANS, MEANS NORMALLY OPERATIVE TO DELIVERY ARTICLES TO SAID CONVEYOR MEANS AT A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT RATE AND IN DISORDERLY ARRAY, AND MEANS OPERATIVE TO MAINTAIN A PREDETERMINED ANTIJAMMING PATTERN OF ARTICLES IN SAID CONVERGING PASSAGE, SAID MEANS CONSISTING OF A DETECTOR SENSITIVELY RESPONSIVE TO VARIATIONS IN THE QUANTITY OF ARTICLES IN THE CONVERGING PASSAGE, AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID DETECTOR OPERATIVE TO STOP THE FLOW OF ARTICLES ALONG SAID SINGLE ROW DELIVERY PATH WHENEVER THE QUANTITY OF ARTICLES IN THE CONVERGING PASSAGE DROPS BELOW A PREDETERMINED LEVEL.
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Current AssigneeFiggie International, Inc. (Johnson Controls International plc)
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Original AssigneeSidney T. Carter
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InventorsCarter, Sidney T.
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Application NumberUS04/541,391Time in Patent Office347 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current198/444CPC Class CodesB65B 35/54 Feeding articles along mult...
