Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Gorman, Jr.

Andrew J. Gorman, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automated system and method for sorting and stacking reusable cartons
    Patent number: 5427252
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically processing a supply of cartons, in flattened form and of different types, in accordance with a selectable number of plural, different and separately identifiable carton types. Unsorted cartons are removed in successive layers from stacks thereof and transported in serial succession along a transport path. Sorting modules are disposed along the transport path, each including respectively associated routing and stacking devices individually predesignated to receive and stack a given, identifiable carton type. A system controller tracks the progress of each carton, simultaneously for plural cartons, along the transport path and when a match of the carton type with a predesignated stacking device is determined, actuates the associated routing device to route a carton of a matching type from the transport path and to the associated stacking device for stacking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Teegarden, Andrew J. Gorman, Jr.
  • Automatic system and method for sorting and stacking reusable cartons
    Patent number: 5207331
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically processing a supply of cartons, in flattened form and of different types, in accordance with a selectable number of plural, different and separately identifiable carton types. Unsorted cartons are removed in successive layers from stacks thereof and transported in serial succession along a transport path. Sorting modules are disposed along the transport path, each including respectively associated routing and stacking devices individually predesignated to receive and stack a given, identifiable carton type. A system controller tracks the progress of each carton, simultaneously for plural cartons, along the transport path and when a match of the carton type with a predesignated stacking device is determined, actuates the associated routing device to route a carton of a matching type from the transport path and to the associated stacking device for stacking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Teegarden, Andrew J. Gorman, Jr.