Container denester apparatus
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May 6, 2014
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Sep 26, 2013
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Mar 26, 2012
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Abstract
A container denester apparatus which overcomes, among other problems, the problems identified above. The denester apparatus positively controls the flanges of the container so as to individually denest a lowermost container from a stack of containers. The apparatus protects the container by spreading the force required to denest the container along much of the flange structure. In addition, the stack of containers above the lowermost container are retained, again along much of the flange structure of the immediately adjacent container.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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A & B PACKING EQUIPMENT INC | 732 WEST SAINT JOSEPH STREET LAWRENCE MI 49064 |
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- 2012 Application Filing Year
- B65G Class
- 1128 Applications Filed
- 889 Patents Issued To-Date
- 78.82 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Miedema, Dale | Zeeland, US | 1 | 3 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 3 | |||
Miedema, Randy | Zeeland, US | 3 | 7 |
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 7 |
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