Patents by Inventor Duane D. Bacon

Duane D. Bacon 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: 3931897
    Abstract: In loading apparatus for conveying the articles from inside a warehouse or the like and stacking them in a transport car parked at a loading dock or the like in a continuous operation. The loading apparatus includes a main frame positioned a distance inside a warehouse doorway, an arrangement of upper and lower conveyors that move in and are guided by the frame to extend toward and back away from the transport car a selected distance and a discharge conveyor pivotally mounted on a wheeled vehicle. The discharge conveyor is movable from side to side and up and down and the wheeled vehicle moves toward and away from the frame to extend and retract the upper and lower conveyors and to position the discharge end of the discharge conveyor in the transport box in such a way as to stack the articles while they are being delivered in a continuous stream via said upper, lower and discharge conveyors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Inventors: Duane D. Bacon, Edward J. Rutt