Patents by Inventor Andrew Malcolm Smart

Andrew Malcolm Smart 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).

  • Transport apparatus
    Patent number: 6581753
    Abstract: An apparatus for transporting a bundle of signatures moving continuously on a saddle chain to a working station includes an indexing chain moving with variable speed, and a clamping unit for keeping the bundle of signatures at a predetermined position on the indexing chain; a method of operating the apparatus; and a saddle binding machine incorporating the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Martin Brewster, Keith Arthur Bromwich, John Cracknell, Paul Edgley, David Thomas Hazell, Mehmet Oktay Kaya, John Joseph O'Brien, Ian Ralph, Gary Frank Rogers, Kathryn Elaine Skipp, Andrew Malcolm Smart