Patents by Inventor Charles H. Shultz

Charles H. Shultz 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).

  • Pail palletizer with rotatable clamps
    Patent number: 4498573
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring articles, such as pails, from a first station to a second station so that the articles may be loaded at the second station in a preselected spaced-saving array includes a transfer carriage operable for selective shifting along a path between the first and second stations and a gripping device utilizing clamps mounted on the transfer carriage operable for selectively gripping and releasing the articles. An orienting device is operatively associated with the gripping device and is operable for selectively imparting rotation thereto so that the articles may be loaded in a nested array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Columbia Machine, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry A. Anderson, Charles H. Shultz