Method and apparatus for a card dispenser

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8740541
APP PUB NO 20120207578A1
SERIAL NO

13504036

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A card dispensing system for dispensing cards along a conveying surface which conveys sliced products downstream of a slicer for packaging the sliced products. A hopper contains a stack of cards which are withdrawn from the hopper by a suction force provided via at least one suction cup. The suction cup is moveable vertically to retrieve and remove the card from the hopper. The suction cup is moveable laterally to move the card into a receiving position where a card clamp on a damp carriage arrives to receive the card. Suction force on the card is released when the card damp damps down on the card. The clamp carriage moves the card from the receiving position to the staging position where a nip engages with the card to feed the card through a junction in the conveyor line just as a food product passes over the junction.

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PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES INC222 NORTH LASALLE STREET SUITE 720 CHICAGO IL 60601

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Choate, Paul Colorado Springs, US 3 42
Lindee, Scott A Mokena, US 86 1385
Pryor, Glen Manhattan, US 2 2
Torrenga, Ryan Bourbonnais, US 2 2
Webster, Wayne Wilmington, US 3 4

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