Patents by Inventor Robert Classen

Robert Classen 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).

  • Flyless stream shingling and stream merging apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6880818
    Abstract: An apparatus which can shingle a series of products and a method relating thereto, the apparatus, in one embodiment, having first upper and lower moving surfaces to receive a product, a second upper moving surface at an exit end of the first moving surfaces, the second upper surface being angled downwardly, a deflector to deflect the leading edge of the product moving along the second upper moving surface, and a second lower moving surface located below the deflector to receive a product. The device provides a positive control for the product and eliminates the use of delivery fan (fly) systems. Also provided are devices to reform various combinations of copies as used in the printing industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Inventors: Edward Desaulniers, John Lovaghy, Robert Classen
  • Flyless stream shingling and stream merging apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20040145108
    Abstract: An apparatus which can shingle a series of products and a method relating thereto, the apparatus, in one embodiment, having first upper and lower moving surfaces to receive a product, a second upper moving surface at an exit end of the first moving surfaces, the second upper surface being angled downwardly, a deflector to deflect the leading edge of the product moving along the second upper moving surface, and a second lower moving surface located below the deflector to receive a product. The device provides a positive control for the product and eliminates the use of delivery fan (fly) systems. Also provided are devices to reform various combinations of copies as used in the printing industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Edward Desaulniers, John Lovaghy, Robert Classen