Abstract: A desiccant feeder system comprising, a reservoir for desiccant canisters, means for delivering the canisters through a transfer tube to at a loading station, means for presenting the open end of containers one at a time at the loading station, means for circulating air at high velocity through the tubing including an adjustable internal ring-shaped nozzle to deliver desiccant canisters from the reservoir to the loading station, and a shuttle selectively actuatable to discharge at least one desiccant cannister to the containers at the loading station.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 12, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2002
Assignee:
Omega Design Corpoation
Inventors:
Joseph T. Rassman, Jr., Kirt C. Weidner, Alan S. Geckle