Patents by Inventor Malcolm Littlewood

Malcolm Littlewood 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).

  • Sheet material feeding and unloading apparatus
    Patent number: 5848785
    Abstract: Apparatus for feeding and unloading sheets of material, including a first sheet attraction device for lifting a topmost sheet from a stack; a device for checking that only a single sheet has been lifted; and a second sheet attraction device movable between operable and inoperable positions, whereby when in the operable position the second sheet attraction device can be attached to a sheet adhering beneath the topmost sheet, the first and second sheet attraction devices can be moved apart to separate the adhering sheets, and the topmost sheet suspended beneath the first sheet attraction device can be carried away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Lomir Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Lionel Charles Hardwick, Malcolm Littlewood