Apparatus, system and method for material handling and/or processing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9745137
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15388484

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An indexing or ratcheting conveyor configured to advance a load includes a frame defining the inlet end and the outlet end of the conveyor, a first device with a gravity rocking pushers and a powered member configured to advance the load in a direction from the inlet end to the outlet end of the conveyor. The conveyor can also include a second device configured to move the load, disposed at the outlet end only, in a direction from the outlet end to the inlet end prior to discharge of the load outwardly from the outlet end. The conveyor can be used as a component of an oven configured to cook or bake dough in containers with electrical resistance.

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ZME LLCP O BOX 818 CALDWELL ID 83606

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McCafferty, Matthew Robert Middleton, US 9 9
Soles, Zachary Gerald Nampa, US 6 9

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