Patents by Inventor Anthony E. Burke

Anthony E. Burke 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).

  • Combined sheet inverter and sorter
    Patent number: 4428572
    Abstract: A combined sheet iverter and sorter comprises a plurality of bins B, a gate D associated with each bin which permits a sheet S to travel direction into the bin B, and a reversible conveyor 102 for advancing sheets past the bin openings and reversing the sheets into the bins B. The conveyor 102 is controlled so that each sheet is reversed when its trail edge is located between a pair of adjacent gates whereby the sheets S may be guided into selected bins B in accordance with a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony E. Burke