Patents by Inventor Jeffrey W. Hess

Jeffrey W. Hess 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).

  • System and method for forming and moving an article array
    Patent number: 10144596
    Abstract: A system for forming and moving an article array including a consolidation area having a support surface for receiving and arranging rows of articles to form an article array from an article row delivery device while the consolidation area continuously stabilizingly supports the periphery of the article rows positioned on the support surface as the article rows are arranged to form the article array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: DYCO, INC.
    Inventors: Peter D. Yohe, Jeffrey W. Hess, Ronald H. Cordingly, Thomas M. Zurewich
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING AND MOVING AN ARTICLE ARRAY
    Publication number: 20170129715
    Abstract: A system for forming and moving an article array including a consolidation area having a support surface for receiving and arranging rows of articles to form an article array from an article row delivery device while the consolidation area continuously stabilizingly supports the periphery of the article rows positioned on the support surface as the article rows are arranged to form the article array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Peter D. YOHE, Jeffrey W. HESS, Ronald H. CORDINGLY, Thomas M. ZUREWICH
  • System and method for forming and moving an article array
    Patent number: 9586769
    Abstract: A system for forming and moving an article array including a consolidation area having a support surface for receiving and arranging rows of articles to form an article array from an article row delivery device while the consolidation area continuously stabilizingly supports the periphery of the article rows positioned on the support surface as the article rows are arranged to form the article array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Dyco, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter D. Yohe, Jeffrey W. Hess, Ronald H. Cordingly, Thomas M. Zurewich
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING AND MOVING AN ARTICLE ARRAY
    Publication number: 20160347555
    Abstract: A system for forming and moving an article array including a consolidation area having a support surface for receiving and arranging rows of articles to form an article array from an article row delivery device while the consolidation area continuously stabilizingly supports the periphery of the article rows positioned on the support surface as the article rows are arranged to form the article array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Peter D. YOHE, Jeffrey W. HESS, Ronald H. CORDINGLY, Thomas M. ZUREWICH
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOADING/UNLOADING ARTICLE ARRAY HEAD
    Publication number: 20160325944
    Abstract: A system for loading/unloading an article array head including a frame and a carriage selectively movably supported in a horizontal direction by the frame, the carriage selectively movably supporting an article array head in a vertical direction, movement of the article array head is constrained to interior of the frame. The article array head is suspended from the carriage by flexible members. The carriage is incapable of simultaneously moving the article array head in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Peter D. YOHE, Ronald H. CORDINGLY, Jeffrey W. Hess