Title: Article handling and advancing

Abstract: A system for receiving articles fed thereto sequentially at random rates, temporarily storing the articles, and advancing the articles therefrom sequentially at a constant rate of feed to an article processing machine, includes a rotatable magazine having a plurality of storage cylinders rotatable about a common axis, an escapement mechanism for directing an article to an empty cylinder and capable of displacement relative to the magazine, and means for sequentially ejecting the articles from the cylinders in timed relation with the operation of a further article processing machine.

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Inventors: King, James F. (Winston-Salem, NC, US)

Application Number: 947721
Filing Date: 1978-10-02
Publication_date: 1980-02-19
Assignee: Hanes Corporation (Winston-Salem, NC)
Primary Class(es): 406/63 406/31
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US Patent Ref:

1192604	Jul, 1916	Burton	406/28.
2818964	Jan, 1958	Picard et al.	406/62.
2988402	Jun, 1961	Policansky	406/62.
3178235	Apr, 1965	Zimmermann	406/63.
3207559	Sep, 1965	Poteat et al.	406/31.
3365239	Jan, 1968	Molins et al.	406/62.
3453028	Jul, 1969	Foreman	406/28.
3945682	Mar, 1976	Hoagland et al.	406/62.

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Primary Examiner: Reeves, Robert B.
Assistant Examiner: Church, Gene A.
Attorney: Lackey; Charles Y., Burden; William S.