Patents by Inventor Kevin J. RANSON

Kevin J. RANSON 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).

  • Publication number: 20160375717
    Abstract: An apparatus inserts documents into envelopes and includes a document insert station and a document conveyor that conveys documents to be inserted within envelopes to the document insert station. Each envelope has an envelope opening and a flap to close the opening and defines a hinge line. An envelope feeder feeds envelopes upside down on the hinge line with the flap up into the document insert station and angled from the document conveyor. An insert plate is positioned at the document insert station that receives a document conveyed from the document conveyor and includes orifices though which air is blown onto the envelope fed into the document insert station to open the envelope and receive a document conveyed from the document conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Leo A. HAYDT, III, Kevin J. RANSON, Michael S. LUKINS
  • Publication number: 20160361944
    Abstract: An apparatus inserts documents into envelopes and includes a document insert station and a document conveyor that conveys documents to be inserted within envelopes to the document insert station. Each envelope has an envelope opening and a flap to close the opening and defines a hinge line. An envelope feeder feeds envelopes upside down on the hinge line with the flap up into the document insert station and angled from the document conveyor. An insert plate is positioned at the document insert station that receives a document conveyed from the document conveyor and includes orifices though which air is blown onto the envelope fed into the document insert station to open the envelope and receive a document conveyed from the document conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Leo A. HAYDT, III, Kevin J. RANSON, Michael S. LUKINS
  • Publication number: 20160355050
    Abstract: An apparatus inserts documents into envelopes and includes a document insert station and a document conveyor that conveys documents to be inserted within envelopes to the document insert station. Each envelope has an envelope opening and a flap to close the opening and defines a hinge line. An envelope feeder feeds envelopes upside down on the hinge line with the flap up into the document insert station and angled from the document conveyor. An insert plate is positioned at the document insert station that receives a document conveyed from the document conveyor and includes orifices though which air is blown onto the envelope fed into the document insert station to open the envelope and receive a document conveyed from the document conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Leo A. HAYDT, III, Kevin J. RANSON, Michael S. LUKINS
  • Patent number: 9452635
    Abstract: An apparatus inserts documents into envelopes and includes a document insert station and a document conveyor that conveys documents to be inserted within envelopes to the document insert station. Each envelope has an envelope opening and a flap to close the opening and defines a hinge line. An envelope feeder feeds envelopes upside down on the hinge line with the flap up into the document insert station and angled from the document conveyor. An insert plate is positioned at the document insert station that receives a document conveyed from the document conveyor and includes orifices though which air is blown onto the envelope fed into the document insert station to open the envelope and receive a document conveyed from the document conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: T.S.D. LLC
    Inventors: Leo A. Haydt, III, Kevin J. Ranson, Michael S. Lukins
  • Publication number: 20150128533
    Abstract: An apparatus inserts documents into envelopes and includes a document insert station and a document conveyor that conveys documents to be inserted within envelopes to the document insert station. Each envelope has an envelope opening and a flap to close the opening and defines a hinge line. An envelope feeder feeds envelopes upside down on the hinge line with the flap up into the document insert station and angled from the document conveyor. An insert plate is positioned at the document insert station that receives a document conveyed from the document conveyor and includes orifices though which air is blown onto the envelope fed into the document insert station to open the envelope and receive a document conveyed from the document conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: T.S.D. LLC
    Inventors: Leo A. HAYDT, III, Kevin J. RANSON, Michael S. LUKINS