Patents by Inventor Gregory F. Reigel

Gregory F. Reigel 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 and method for individually printing signatures during delivery to a bindery line
    Patent number: 5080337
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for individually printing signatures during delivery to a bindery line where a plurality of signatures are provided at a feeding station for delivery to a binding line conveyor. The signatures are transferred by a transfer conveyor which extends from a point near the feeding station to a point near a binding line conveyor. A main drum assembly preferably moves the signatures one at a time from the feeding station to the transfer conveyor which follows a path to a delivery drum assembly where the signatures are delivered one at a time from the transfer conveyor to the binding line conveyor. The transfer conveyor is adapted to receive one signature at a time from the main drum assembly after which the transfer conveyor carries the signatures to the delivery drum assembly which delivers signatures one at a time for deposit on the binding line conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Theodore W. Mayer, Earl J. Anker, Gregory F. Reigel, F. G. E. Clarke