Hello akitaking,
Due to the complexities of the product you mention, I have integrated
my searching strategy with my answer to provide background material:
Before I did a patent search, I did a little research into the GEBO
Aidlin machine to make sure I was looking into the correct specific
machine. GEBO is a company based in Bradenton, Florida specializing
in packaging machines. One such machine is their Aidlin cap feeder
machine shown in this page with images, descriptions, and specs
available:
GEBO Aidlin cap feeder:
http://www.gebo.net/infopage.asp?Info=22
Searching for "GEBO" on the United States Patent and Trademark Office
resulted in no items found. Searching for "Aidlin" returned many with
most referring to original patents for cap feeding machines by Samuel
S Aidlin. Searching for Aidlin under "Inventor Name" and "All Years"
produced 5 results, with one particulary noteworthy patent:
Patent #4,756,119 issued on August 23, 1988 for a "Screw capping
machine with vertically reciprocable container platform" (full text
available)
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F4765119
This patent was issued to Aidlin Automation Corp, Bradenton, Florida,
the same city that GEBO is based in. In fact, on GEBO's corporate
background page, they say "GEBO Corporation USA was founded in 1997,
following the buy-out of a Bradenton-based company of 123 employees."
A quick search for Aidlin and GEBO produced one page detailing the
buying-out of Aidlin by GEBO Corp:
GEBO Corporate Page
http://www.gebo.net/geboworld.asp?LocNum=11
Maddux Report on Aidlin's buy-out (6th paragraph down)
http://www.maddux.com/archive/2000/april/regional.asp
Related patent numbers to the Aidlin cap machine are:
Patent #3,986,323 Apparatus for guiding and positioning closures on
containers
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='3,986,323'.WKU.&OS=PN/3,986,323&RS=PN/3,986,323
Patent #4,765,119 Screw capping machine with vertically reciprocable
container platform
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='4,765,119'.WKU.&OS=PN/4,765,119&RS=PN/4,765,119
Patent #5,103,961 Method and apparatus for feeding parts
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='5,103,961'.WKU.&OS=PN/5,103,961&RS=PN/5,103,961
Patent #5,394,972 Variable angle conveyor assembly
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='5,394,972'.WKU.&OS=PN/5,394,972&RS=PN/5,394,972
Full text is available for each of the patent links I have provided
above.
I hope this information will be appropriate for your uses!
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