Device for feeding corn

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5341914
SERIAL NO

08010484

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A device for placing elongated objects transversely onto a conveyor is disclosed. A preferred device is adapted for moving ears of corn. The preferred device includes a vibratory trough feeder which arranges and moves the ears substantially end to end and into a plurality of lanes, a plurality of drop gates for dropping a group of ears onto a receiving conveyor below, an eccentric conveyor for moving the ears from the lanes into the drop gates, a mechanism for actuating the drop gates, and a receiving conveyor capable of traveling in a direction substantially perpendicular to the lanes, and located beneath the drop gates.

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GENERAL MILLS INCNUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DeMars, Jimmy A Hugo, MN 19 191
Ruhter, Jr Virgil Buhl, ID 1 13
Schmidt, William G Maple Grove, MN 7 85
Warner, John Buhl, ID 34 536

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