Patents by Inventor Dennis E. Schneider

Dennis E. Schneider 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).

  • Patent number: 6662928
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for receiving a multiplicity of like circular articles, such as discs, rings, and lids, for example, presented in a known or random horizontal orientation, and for collecting them for subsequent conventional processing into a horizontal counted stack in which each of the circular articles of the stack has the same on-edge or vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: CBW Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Carson, Kevin J. Anzek, Thomas A. Sahrle, Dennis E. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20030194308
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for receiving a multiplicity of like circular articles, such as discs, rings, and lids, for example, presented in a known or random horizontal orientation, and for collecting them for subsequent conventional processing into a horizontal counted stack in which each of the circular articles of the stack has the same on-edge or vertical orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: David E. Carson, Kevin J. Anzek, Thomas A. Sahrle, Dennis E. Schneider
  • Patent number: 6547057
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for receiving a multiplicity of like circular articles, such as discs, rings, and lids, for example, presented in a known or random horizontal orientation, and for collecting them for subsequent conventional processing into a horizontal counted stack in which each of the circular articles of the stack has the same on-edge or vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: CBW Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Carson, Kevin J. Anzek, Thomas A. Sahrle, Dennis E. Schneider