Patents by Inventor Daniel Knospler

Daniel Knospler 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).

  • Automated system for assembling framed articles
    Patent number: 11951576
    Abstract: An automated system for assembling a framed article including a plurality of canvases and a plurality of assembled frames to be combined with the plurality of canvases to form the framed articles. Each assembled frame is formed of a rear panel and a frame member that are detachably attached to one another with one canvas being stretched across a front face of the frame member. The automated system includes an assembly station including a movable presser head that is configured to detach and lift the rear panel from the frame member and a plurality of movable side guide fingers that are configured to fold side edges of the canvas over sides of the frame member to permit the presser head to press the rear panel down over the folded side edges of the canvas into engagement with the frame member with the canvas being captured between the frame member and the rear panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TRACER IMAGING LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Knospler, Steven M. Spiro, Ryan Kelly
  • AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING FRAMED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20230219180
    Abstract: An automated system for assembling a framed article including a plurality of canvases and a plurality of assembled frames to be combined with the plurality of canvases to form the framed articles. Each assembled frame is formed of a rear panel and a frame member that are detachably attached to one another with one canvas being stretched across a front face of the frame member. The automated system includes an assembly station including a movable presser head that is configured to detach and lift the rear panel from the frame member and a plurality of movable side guide fingers that are configured to fold side edges of the canvas over sides of the frame member to permit the presser head to press the rear panel down over the folded side edges of the canvas into engagement with the frame member with the canvas being captured between the frame member and the rear panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Knospler, Steven M. Spiro, Ryan Kelly