Method and apparatus for high speed delivery of particulate material

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PATENT NO 5875824
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08692550

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A method and apparatus for delivering predetermined amounts of material, the apparatus comprising a chute; a metering wheel in cooperative relation to the chute to repetitively draw discrete amount of material onto the metering wheel; an arrangement for establishing a procession of spaced apart articles along a path, a transfer wheel for repetitively transferring discrete amount of material from said metering wheel to spaces defined between adjacent pairs of articles in the procession and a cleaning wheel for removing extraneous material from the articles.

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PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATEDA CORPORATION OF VA 120 PARK AVENUE NY NY 10017
PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS INC3601 COMMERCE ROAD RICHMOND VIRGINIA 23234 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atwell, Charles G Rte. 9 Box 18, Mechanicsville, VA 23111 8 112
Belcastro, Marc D 11414 Colfax Rd., Glen Allen, VA 23060 26 292
Budjinski, II Joseph F 228 Sherwood Dr., Quinton, VA 23141 5 103
Forster, Jorg 4764 Charles City Rd., Richmond, VA 23231 1 56
Garthaffner, Martin T 5200 Newbyswood Trail, Chesterfield, VA 23832 65 702
Hinzmann, Alfred 5534 Country Club Way, Sarasota, FL 34243 18 291
Hoffman, Wilfried 11620 Old Lewiston Rd., Richmond, VA 23236 3 81

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