Patents by Inventor Robert G. Braaten

Robert G. Braaten 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: 20030118430
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating an ordered stack of bags is herein disclosed. A stack apparatus according the present invention comprises a stacking conveyor mounted within a framework constructed and arranged such that the stacking conveyor is moveable vertically and laterally with respect to the framework. The stacking conveyor is moveable between a bag receiving position in which a filled bag is deposited on the input end of the conveyor and any one of a number of vertically and laterally predefined stacking positions in which the stacking conveyor conveys the filled bag onto a stack. The present invention may have a self adjusting supply conveyor secured directly thereto to obviate the need to return to a distinct bag receiving position. In addition, the stacking apparatus may be used in conjunction with a moveable skid for stacking bags in locations remote from the stacking apparatus, or may be constructed and arranged from movement directly to a location where bags are to be stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Robert G. Braaten, Kurt Bernard Snaza