Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Cosgrove

Andrew J. Cosgrove 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).

  • Pallet dismantler
    Patent number: 8752457
    Abstract: A pallet dismantler includes cantilevered supports to support a pallet by its deck boards, which automatically aligns the pallet with a band saw blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Pellet Recyclers LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Cosgrove, Randall W. Wink, David L. Dippel
  • Pallet dismantler
    Patent number: 8261643
    Abstract: A method for dismantling pallets includes hanging a pallet on the upstream end of a cantilevered support having a substantially horizontal top surface with the bottom surfaces of the upper deck boards of the pallet resting on the top surface of the cantilevered support and with the stringer boards and lower deck boards extending downwardly from the top surface, advancing the hanging pallet in a downstream direction along the cantilevered support toward a band saw blade which lies directly on the top surface of the cantilevered support and defines a cutting plane aligned with the top surface of the cantilevered support, thereby automatically aligning the band saw blade with the pallet joints between the upper deck boards and the stringer boards; and advancing the pallet past the band saw blade to separate the upper deck boards from the stringer boards at the pallet joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pallett Recyclers LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Cosgrove, Randall W. Wink, David L. Dippel
  • PALLET DISMANTLER
    Publication number: 20110197729
    Abstract: A method for dismantling pallets includes hanging a pallet on the upstream end of a cantilevered support having a substantially horizontal top surface with the bottom surfaces of the upper deck boards of the pallet resting on the top surface of the cantilevered support and with the stringer boards and lower deck boards extending downwardly from the top surface, advancing the hanging pallet in a downstream direction along the cantilevered support toward a band saw blade which lies directly on the top surface of the cantilevered support and defines a cutting plane aligned with the top surface of the cantilevered support, thereby automatically aligning the band saw blade with the pallet joints between the upper deck boards and the stringer boards; and advancing the pallet past the band saw blade to separate the upper deck boards from the stringer boards at the pallet joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Pallet Recyclers LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Cosgrove, Randall W. Wink, David L. Dippel