US Patent Issued on March 24 for "Feeder bowl and preparation system for packaging stick-like objects" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,689, issued on March 24.

"Feeder bowl and preparation system for packaging stick-like objects" was invented by Greg Schombert (Knightstown, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeder bowl and preparation system for packaging stick-like objects including a feeder bowl, vee shaped spacing conveyor, and a collator mechanism which permits a robotic pick-up station sufficient time to pick and place the stick-like object. The system simplifies programming the transfer of the objects by presenting a desired amount of product for a specific picker and allowing time to pick and place the object, the system eliminates a feed rate by a robot...