US 11,772,903 B2
Tie plate dispenser and method therefore
Coty T. Coots, Shepherdsville, KY (US)
Assigned to B & B Metals, Inc., Shepherdsville, KY (US)
Filed by B & B Metals, Inc., Shepherdsville, KY (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,592.
Application 17/895,592 is a continuation of application No. 16/664,333, filed on Oct. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,427,408.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/756,206, filed on Nov. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0411199 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 47/22 (2006.01); B65G 47/92 (2006.01); B65G 47/34 (2006.01); B65G 47/88 (2006.01); E01B 29/32 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/22 (2013.01) [B65G 47/34 (2013.01); B65G 47/8838 (2013.01); B65G 47/92 (2013.01); E01B 29/32 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A tie plate dispenser, comprising:
a conveyor which moves a tie plate from a first position to a second position;
a guide disposed adjacent to said conveyor, said guide having a first end which tapers from a narrow width to a wider width, a second end, and longitudinally extending between said first end and said second end, said guide capable of engaging a shoulder of said tie plate and guiding said tie plate along said conveyor;
said guide being movable relative to said conveyor and capable of positioning said tie plate by a rail base defined between said shoulder and a second shoulder of said tie plate.