Patents by Inventor Carl Rakowski, Jr.

Carl Rakowski, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus for diverting successive articles in a single lane to plural lanes
    Patent number: 6772872
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for diverting articles from a single lane to one of a plurality of lanes wherein the articles in the single lane are moving on a conveyor along a travel path, the apparatus comprising a pair of spaced apart flexible rails suspended above the conveyor where the flexible rails define a guide channel therebetween. The guide channel can have an upstream portion configured to receive the articles in the single lane and a downstream portion configured to distribute the articles to one of the lanes. The flexible rails are movable in a direction substantially parallel to the travel path. The downstream portion of the guide channel is configured to be selectively movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the travel path in order to selectively distribute the articles to one of the lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: AMBEC, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Spangenberg, Carl Rakowski, Jr.