Inventors:
David E. Carson - Fort Collins CO
Kevin J. Anzek - Fort Collins CO
Thomas A. Sahrle - Fort Collins CO
Dennis E. Schneider - Fort Collins CO
Assignee:
CBW Automation, Inc. - Fort Collins CO
International Classification:
B65G 4724
US Classification:
198408, 198412, 193 10, 4147984, 414755
Abstract:
An apparatus and process for receiving a multiplicity of like circular articles, such as discs, rings, and lids, for example, presented in a known or random horizontal orientation, and for collecting them for subsequent conventional processing into a horizontal counted stack in which each of the circular articles of the stack has the same on-edge or vertical orientation.