Patent ID: 9315346
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B61B,B61K,B65G,B66B

Claim Text:
1. A method of accelerating an item with a rotating platform having a center point, a perimeter, and a radius from the center point to the perimeter, the method comprising: delivering the item to a center area of the rotating platform by delivering the item to a first radial distance on the rotating platform, wherein the item has a first speed at the center area and tangential to the first radial distance; while the rotating platform is rotating, moving the item, in an apparatus-controlled mechanically guided, nonrandom orderly path, from the center area to a point relative to the rotating platform that is adjacent a perimeter of the rotating platform and that is located at a second radial distance greater than the first radial distance, wherein the item has a second speed tangential to the second radial distance and the second speed is greater than the first speed; and while the rotating platform is rotating, moving the item, from the point, to a location beyond the perimeter of the rotating platform.