Patents by Inventor Eric Janatka

Eric Janatka 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).

  • Right angle turning device for an inserter system and corresponding method
    Patent number: 6689040
    Abstract: An apparatus, and corresponding method, for accumulating and directionally reorienting the movement of a stack of sheets after first folding the stack, each sheet of the stack being fed from a feed conveyor along a feed path. The apparatus includes a turnplate, for receiving each of a series of sheets which are there accumulated into a stack of sheets. Stops protrude from a sheet-receiving surface of the turnplate, which holds the stack of sheets edge aligned against the stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Edward M Ifkovits, Eric Janatka
  • RIGHT ANGLE TURNING DEVICE FOR AN INSERTER SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20030022780
    Abstract: An apparatus, and corresponding method, for accumulating and directionally reorienting the movement of a stack of sheets after first folding the stack, each sheet of the stack being fed from a feed conveyor along a feed path. The apparatus includes a turnplate, for receiving each of a series of sheets which are there accumulated into a stack of sheets. Stops protrude from a sheet-receiving surface of the turnplate, which holds the stack of sheets edge aligned against the stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: EDWARD M IFKOVITS, ERIC JANATKA