Patents by Inventor Charles E. Banner

Charles E. Banner 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).

  • Material handling method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4368822
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for handling sheet material including a peg conveyor for supporting and advancing a plurality of spaced, generally upright sheet articles in combination with a rack having spaced pegs and carried on a mobile lift apparatus for stripping the articles from said conveyor onto said rack or for depositing sheet-like articles from a loaded rack onto a conveyor or other article support system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Company
    Inventors: Joseph O. Kramer, Otto V. Young, Charles E. Banner, John D. Schuster
  • Material handling method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4320826
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for handling sheet material including a peg conveyor for supporting and advancing a plurality of spaced, generally upright sheet articles in combination with a rack having spaced pegs and carried on a mobile lift apparatus for stripping the articles from said conveyor onto said rack or for depositing sheet-like articles from a loaded rack onto a conveyor or other article support system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Libbey-Owens-Ford Company
    Inventors: Joseph O. Kramer, Otto V. Young, Charles E. Banner, John D. Schuster