Patents by Inventor Phillip Dale Rupp

Phillip Dale Rupp 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).

  • Patent number: 6569072
    Abstract: A partition making apparatus includes a first card material supply module, a first card forming module including a slot former, a singulator and a card transporter. The first card forming module also includes a feeder for advancing a band of first card forming material at least partially through the first module. The first module may include a transporter which shifts singulated first cards from a first location to a card delivery location with a card transferor shifting sets of first cards to be included in an assembled partition from the first card forming module to an assembly station. The sets of first cards may be advanced along a conveyor included in the assembly station to a second card insertion location. The second card material supply module provides a band of second card forming material to a second card forming module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Kay Packaging Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Dale Rupp, Michael D. Riley, David P. Herigstad, George Walter Herigstad