Patents by Inventor Michael L. Dalton

Michael L. Dalton 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).

  • Automatic card or tag delivery apparatus
    Patent number: 4394011
    Abstract: A linear air cylinder drives a guided slide block or carriage on which is pivotally mounted a vacuum arm biased by a spring to a down horizontal position. Cam followers carried by crank arms on the pivoted vacuum arm engage fixed stops when the rod of the air cylinder is retracted to swing the vacuum arm to an upright tag pickup position. Tags stored in a hopper are transported one at a time to a horizontal position away from the hopper where they are attached to socks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1983
    Assignee: Dalton Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Dalton