Rotating stacker

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10214367
APP PUB NO 20170349387A1
SERIAL NO

15172871

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Some manufacturing processes include forming stacks of manufactured objects for handling and/or processing. While some such manufactured objects are consistent in thickness, other are more irregular. Some manufactured objects are generally flat, but are also generally thicker along one edge. When objects having these characteristics are stacked, the cumulative effect of such inconsistent thickness results in an unbalanced stack. The disclosed apparatus and method utilize a novel rotating stacker that rotates the stack of manufactured objects as each new object is added to the stack, thereby distributing the thickness inconsistency of individual objects throughout the stack, producing a more uniform stack without manual intervention.

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  • GRUMA S.A.B. DE C.V.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Craig, Rhett Eugene Ossian, US 2 1
Gonzalez, Reyna Miguel Angel Guadalupe, MX 2 1
Rubio, Lamas Felipe A Edinburg, US 10 31
Stroud, Greg Huntington, US 2 1

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