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1. IN COMBINATION WITH MEANS FOR CONVEYING DISCRETE SHEET FILM BAGS ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH AT A FIRST RELATTIVELY HIGH RATE OF SPEED;
- A FABRICATING STATION FOR DELIVERING FINISHED BAGS ONTO SAID CONVEYOR AT PREDETERMINED SPACED INTERVALS THEREALONG;
AND SPEED ATTENUATING MEANS FOR DECELERATING SAID BAGS TO A SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER RATE OF SPEED AS THEY LEAVE SAID CONVEYOR PATH AT THE TERMINAL DELIVERY ZONE THEREOF, SAID SPEED ATTENUATING MEANS COMPRISING;
(A) A CYLINDRICAL DRUM MOUNTED FOR AXIAL ROTATION AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PATH, (B) MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DRUM, SAID MEANS ROTATING SAID DRUM BEING IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID FABRICATING STATION, SAID DRUM HAVING BLADE MEANS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID DRUM ADAPTED TO ENGAGE EACH OF SAID BAGS AT A PREDETERMINED POINT ALONG THE SURFACE AND ADJACENT TO THE REAR EDGE THEREOF FOR SUBSTANTIALLY RETARDING SAID BAG, AND (C) A ROLLER GUIDE AND SUPPORT SURFACE DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY IMMEDIATELY BELOW AND ACROSS SAID PATH AND HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION LOCATION SLIGHTLY FORWARDLY BUT WITHIN THE RADIUS OF THE DRUM, (D) SAID BLADE MEANS INCLUDING A RADIALLY DISPOSED BLADE HAVING A FRICTIONAL SURFACE AND BEING MOUNTED ALONG THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID DRUM, SAID RADIALLY DISPOSED BLADE BEING GENERALLY AT A BOTTOM DEAD CENTER DISPOSITION AT A POINT WHICH IS DOWNSTREAM ALONG SAID CONVEYOR FOR SAID GUIDE AND SUPPORT SURFACE THUS THE BLADE MEANS WILL FORCE DOWNWARDLY THE REAR EDGE OF SAID BAG TO THEREBY ASSIST THE FLIGHT OF THE BAG TO THE STACKING AREA.
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1. IN COMBINATION WITH MEANS FOR CONVEYING DISCRETE SHEET FILM BAGS ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH AT A FIRST RELATTIVELY HIGH RATE OF SPEED;
- A FABRICATING STATION FOR DELIVERING FINISHED BAGS ONTO SAID CONVEYOR AT PREDETERMINED SPACED INTERVALS THEREALONG;
AND SPEED ATTENUATING MEANS FOR DECELERATING SAID BAGS TO A SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER RATE OF SPEED AS THEY LEAVE SAID CONVEYOR PATH AT THE TERMINAL DELIVERY ZONE THEREOF, SAID SPEED ATTENUATING MEANS COMPRISING;
(A) A CYLINDRICAL DRUM MOUNTED FOR AXIAL ROTATION AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PATH, (B) MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DRUM, SAID MEANS ROTATING SAID DRUM BEING IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID FABRICATING STATION, SAID DRUM HAVING BLADE MEANS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID DRUM ADAPTED TO ENGAGE EACH OF SAID BAGS AT A PREDETERMINED POINT ALONG THE SURFACE AND ADJACENT TO THE REAR EDGE THEREOF FOR SUBSTANTIALLY RETARDING SAID BAG, AND (C) A ROLLER GUIDE AND SUPPORT SURFACE DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY IMMEDIATELY BELOW AND ACROSS SAID PATH AND HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION LOCATION SLIGHTLY FORWARDLY BUT WITHIN THE RADIUS OF THE DRUM, (D) SAID BLADE MEANS INCLUDING A RADIALLY DISPOSED BLADE HAVING A FRICTIONAL SURFACE AND BEING MOUNTED ALONG THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID DRUM, SAID RADIALLY DISPOSED BLADE BEING GENERALLY AT A BOTTOM DEAD CENTER DISPOSITION AT A POINT WHICH IS DOWNSTREAM ALONG SAID CONVEYOR FOR SAID GUIDE AND SUPPORT SURFACE THUS THE BLADE MEANS WILL FORCE DOWNWARDLY THE REAR EDGE OF SAID BAG TO THEREBY ASSIST THE FLIGHT OF THE BAG TO THE STACKING AREA.
- A FABRICATING STATION FOR DELIVERING FINISHED BAGS ONTO SAID CONVEYOR AT PREDETERMINED SPACED INTERVALS THEREALONG;
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Current AssigneeKitch, Paul E.
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Original AssigneeKitch, Paul E.
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InventorsKitch, Paul E.
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Application NumberUS04/403,790Time in Patent Office1,119 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current271/182CPC Class CodesB65H 29/68 Reducing the speed of artic...
