Patents by Inventor David S. Clark

David S. Clark 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).

  • Packaging Method And Apparatus For Stacked Articles
    Publication number: 20100058718
    Abstract: A machine for packaging stacks of articles into containers using selectors for grouping the article stacks. The selectors include arrays of vertically spaced wedge members which engage the articles in each stack. The wedge members are aligned with slots in comb-like guide rails and operate to form groups of predetermined numbers of stacks of articles while keeping the articles in each stack in vertical alignment as they progress through the machine into the containers. A method of grouping stacked articles and a method of packaging stacked articles is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Frank N. Moncrief, David S. Clark
  • Guide rails and selectors for packaging machine
    Patent number: 7637083
    Abstract: A machine for packaging stacks of articles into containers using selectors for grouping the article stacks. The selectors include arrays of vertically spaced wedge members which engage the articles in each stack. The wedge members are aligned with slots in comb-like guide rails and operate to form groups of predetermined numbers of stacks of articles while keeping the articles in each stack in vertical alignment as they progress through the machine into the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank N. Moncrief, David S. Clark
  • Packaging method and apparatus for stacked articles
    Patent number: 7240467
    Abstract: A machine for packaging stacks of articles into containers using selectors for grouping the article stacks. The selectors include arrays of vertically spaced wedge members which engage the articles in each stack. The wedge members are aligned with slots in comb-like guide rails and operate to form groups of predetermined numbers of stacks of articles while keeping the articles in each stack in vertical alignment as they progress through the machine into the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank N. Moncrief, David S. Clark