Patents by Inventor David T. Lencz

David T. Lencz 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).

  • Apparatus for placing corner protectors and top protectors on palletized loads
    Patent number: 5535572
    Abstract: Apparatus for wrapping a load in film material is provided with magazines of vertically oriented corner protectors, each associated with a corner of the load, and from which a corner protector is withdrawn and transferred to cover the corresponding corner of the load prior to wrapping the latter with plastic film material. The magazines comprise a pair of vertically spaced apart conveyor belts which feed the corner protectors to a discharge end of the magazine, and a pick-up and transfer arm pivotal about a single arm axis transfers a corner protector from the magazine through an arc of 135.degree. which aligns the corner protector for movement into engagement with the corner of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jack I. Morantz, David T. Lencz, Normand Boyer