Patents Represented by Attorney Arthur J. Hansmann

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  • Method and apparatus for removing sheets from a stack
    Patent number: 4540168
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for singly removing the bottom one of a sheet from a stack of sheets, and utilizing counter rotating discs or plates which sweep the bottom sheet toward its opposite edges and thus create a flat and smooth bottom surface for contact by suction cups to remove the sheet from the stack. The plates are adjustable relative to the widths of the sheets, to thereby accommodate various widths of sheets. An intermediate or central portion of the lower sheet of the stack is made smooth and flat for contact by a suction cup which can therefore remove the sheets at high speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Method and apparatus for controlling sheets in a hopper
    Patent number: 4531724
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling sheets in a hopper, whereby the stack of sheets is partially supported at various elevations along the stack so that only a portion of the weight of the stack bears downwardly on the sheet removal devices. The stack support members are movable into and out of supporting position relative to the stack, by virtue of a solenoid or the like, for passing a discrete lower portion of the stack down to the take-off device, and a feeler is provided for sensing the need for passing more sheets downwardly, in accordance with the rate of removing the sheets from the bottom of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Lukas, James R. Moser, James R. Schlough
  • Combined standing and body support for a person
    Patent number: 4530419
    Abstract: A combined standing and body support for a person working in elevated position and leaning over the work. A base frame provides a support for an upstanding super structure which carries both standing platforms and a body support. The platforms are movable and permit various elevations of standing, and the body support is movable in the vertical direction and in the horizontal directions. A body guard is provided for protecting against falling off the super structure. A counterweight is positioned on one end of the base frame to balance the weight of the user on the super structure which is at the other end of the base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: Donald V. Rumage
    Inventors: Donald V. Rumage, Terry L. Biarnesen
  • Apparatus for supporting vehicle body parts
    Patent number: 4530492
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for supporting vehicle body parts to be worked upon, and the method includes the steps of supporting a vehicle body part, such as a car door, on a mobile jack and moving the body part to apparatus which supports the body part after the apparatus is withdrawn. The apparatus includes an enclosure frame which is horizontally disposed and which has two separable sections so that the body part can be placed within the confines of one of the sections, and the other section can then be assembled with the first section for completely supporting the vehicle body part for working thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Inventor: Robert L. Bork
  • Apparatus and method for palletizing bundles of sheets
    Patent number: 4519740
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for palletizing bundles of sheets to move them from a first position or pickup station and into rows and stacks on a pallet on a second or deposit station. A single overhead and endless conveyor is utilized. A bundle pickup mechanism, such as a clamp, is employed to the conveyor and has elevator means for lifting the bundle relative to the overhead crane or conveyor and for then lowering the bundle at the deposit station and relative to the overhead crane or conveyor. In that manner, the apparatus is simplified in utilizing one endless overhead crane or conveyor, and the entire system is automated by means of electric sensors and powered mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Method for conveying folded sheets
    Patent number: 4518156
    Abstract: Apparatus for conveying folded sheets along a raceway and in an inverted V-shaped position and moving the sheets to an elevating conveyor which turns the sheets onto their sides where the sheets can then be further moved into a trimmer or stacked or the like. The apparatus provides for safe and accurate transport of the sheets and for movement at a constant velocity so that the sheets can be moved at the high speed of the printing press which is producing these sheets. Also, an orbital type of device is utilized for picking up the sheets from the raceway and like conveyor while maintaining the sheets in their horizontal orientation and then presenting the sheets to the vertical elevating conveyor, all without upsetting the relationship between the sheets in the multiplicity of folded sheets such as a signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Moser
  • Method for trimming a signature held in a rotary clamp
    Patent number: 4518157
    Abstract: Method and apparatus of handling signatures which are first presented to a rotating type of trimmer and are then collected in a compensated stack where the folds of the signature are positioned on opposite sides for levelling the stack. The trimmer includes a clamp which secures the signature while it is being trimmed on its three open edges, and the clamp can then be actuated to move the signature to a collection location where the compensated stack of signatures is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1985
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Method and apparatus for supplying strap to an item
    Patent number: 4509415
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for supplying strap to an item, such as a bundle of sheets, and with two strapping mechanisms being made available to a fixed segment of a strap guide, such that either mechanism can be positioned in the operating position at any one time. Arrangement is made for shifting the two strapping mechanisms laterally into mating position with the fixed strap guide, and with each strapping mechanism carrying a segment of a strap guide for mating with and completing the fixed segment of strap guide. Provision is also made for removing the strapping mechanisms from a fixed strap guide or position, for servicing or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Automated sheet-moving system
    Patent number: 4502828
    Abstract: An automated sheet-moving system for moving sheets from a printing press and to a bindery and with a fully automated system where the sheets need not be manually handled. The sheets are initially formed in a stack on a stacker and are then placed onto a tray where a pick-up mechanism moves the sheets to a station adjacent a bindery feeder. An automated pick-up then moves the sheets from the station to the bindery feeder, in response to the requirement for sheets in the bindery feeder. A specially provided tray and pick-up mechanism are inter-related so that the pick-up mechanism can engage the tray and pick up the tray with the sheets thereon, and the mechanism can also eject the sheets from the tray at the location of the bindery feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Apparatus for handling a signature
    Patent number: 4496140
    Abstract: Method and apparatus of handling signatures which are first presented to a rotating type of trimmer and are then collected in a compensated stack where the folds of the signature are positioned on opposite sides for levelling the stack. The trimmer includes a clamp which secures the signature while it is being trimmed on its three open edges, and the clamp can then be actuated to move the signature to a collection location where the compensated stack of signatures is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1985
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Method and apparatus for sheet gathering in a side-by-side generally vertical edge alignment
    Patent number: 4487405
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for collecting a plurality of sheets together from a row of sheet stacks. The collection is made in upstanding buckets or trays wherein the sheets can be collected in the upright position standing on their lower edges. The system provides for high-speed collection and the equipment can be compact. The buckets are J-shaped, and they move along a line which is at right angles to the axis of the feeder cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Electric remote readout for fluid flow meter
    Patent number: 4487077
    Abstract: An electric remote readout for fluid flow meters wherein a magnetic follower moves in accordance with the quantity of the fluid flowing through the meter and it carries electric contacts therewith. An electric resistor is positioned in contact with the electric contact to indicate the electric resistance in accordance with the position of the indicator. The resistor and the contact are of low friction material, and the resistor is adjustable in a general setting position as well as in a fine setting position by means of an adjusting screw. A remote electric readout is connected with the resistor an an electric conductor operating therewith, all to give a digital readout of the quantity of fluid flowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Assignee: Racine Federated Inc.
    Inventor: Jack E. Lake
  • Method and apparatus for conveying folded sheets using orbitally gripping and releasing clamp pads
    Patent number: 4482141
    Abstract: Apparatus for conveying folded sheets along a raceway and in an inverted V-shaped position and moving the sheets to an elevating conveyor which turns the sheets onto their sides where the sheets can then be further moved into a trimmer or stacked or the like. The apparatus provides for safe and accurate transport of the sheets and for movement at a constant velocity so that the sheets can be moved at the high speed of the printing press which is producing these sheets. Also, an orbital type of device is utilized for picking up the sheets from the raceway and like conveyor while maintaining the sheets in their horizontal orientation and then presenting the sheets to the vertical elevating conveyor, all without upsetting the relationship between the sheets in the multiplicity of folded sheets such as a signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Moser
  • System for routing a signature for stitching using a lift finger
    Patent number: 4478398
    Abstract: A method and system of routing a signature or stitching, and including taking folded signatures from a raceway and onto support bars or fingers and moving the signatures to a rotary stitcher where they are stitched and then removing them from the bars or fingers to a collection conveyor, all in a high-speed continuous action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Tractor seat-operated hydraulic valve control
    Patent number: 4466504
    Abstract: A tractor seat-operated hydraulic valve control including a power tractor and a hydraulically powered implement connected with the tractor. A hydraulic valve on the tractor is controlled by a manual lever connected therewith and by a mechanical connection between a pivotally mounted operator's seat and the valve. When the operator is off the seat the control moves the valve to the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Giandenoto, Anthony J. Saiia
  • Method and apparatus for opening folded sheets
    Patent number: 4463941
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for opening folded sheets which are moved from a stack and by a gripper member to a location between two belts. The belts direct the folded sheets to a guide which causes the sheet to become unfolded and the guide then directs the sheet onto a gatherer or collector chain. A sheet opener can also be used for directing one flap of the folded sheet to the far side of the chain which is running at an acute angle with respect to the direction of movement of the unfolded sheet as it approaches the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Schlough
  • Crane system sheet feeder method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4451967
    Abstract: A crane system sheet feeder method and apparatus employed for depositing collections of bundles of sheets in locations related to specific ones of sheet feeders, such that each collection of bundles can be utilized by an overhead crane to deliver the individual bundles to a specific one of the sheet feeders in accordance with the supply of sheets on that feeder. The bundles are initially bound, and the overhead crane has apparatus for removing the binding and removing the end boards from the bundles so that the bundles are deposited in the feeders free of any bindings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Stand for fowl roasting
    Patent number: 4450759
    Abstract: A stand for fowl roasting and being arranged with two planar plates of flat material with slots therein for assembling the plates at right angles to each other. The plates have the same general profile, and they are retained in their right angle position by means of angulations or offsets at the ends of each of the two plates. Also, one plate has a slot therein for receiving a projection on a handle which can be attached and released from the assembled stand which itself can be disassembled for purposes of cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Inventor: James P. Steibel
  • Sheet stacker with a separator plate
    Patent number: 4444387
    Abstract: A sheet stacker with a separator plate having a movable stacker table with a stack supporter thereon. A first drive means is utilized for alternately lowering the separator plate and the stacker table, and a second drive means is utilized for alternately raising the separator plate and the stacker table. The second drive means is constantly running and two clutches are respectively interposed between the drive means and the plate and table and that second drive means is constantly running and is overcome by the downward drive means, but is effective upon suitable alternate actuation of the two clutches for the plate and the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Stobb, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter J. Stobb
  • Heat gun
    Patent number: D274551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: Master Appliance Corporation
    Inventors: E. Burton Benjamin, Heinz G. Thomas