Patents by Inventor Clayton C. Alexson

Clayton C. Alexson 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).

  • Cross loading apparatus for use with cartoning systems
    Patent number: 5347796
    Abstract: An article group transfer apparatus constructed and arranged to move article groups into open ends of the carton sleeves. The apparatus is incorporated in a continuous motion cartoner assembly for loading article groups into cartons which comprises an article infeed mechanism supplying at least one stream of articles; an article group selection and transport mechanism intersecting the article infeed mechanism to form and transport a longitudinal stream of article groups of a predetermined pattern; a carton supply and transport mechanism synchronized and moving parallel with the article group selecting mechanism to provide cartons with open ends facing the moving article groups; and the article group transfer apparatus which moves the article groups into the open ends of the carton sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Riverwood International Corporation
    Inventors: Kelly W. Ziegler, Clayton C. Alexson, Curt W. Lovold