Patents by Inventor Ernest Ippisch

Ernest Ippisch 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).

  • Serialization of elongated members
    Patent number: 4521862
    Abstract: Elongated members such as nuclear fuel end plugs are provided to a robot by a vibratory feeder. The robot singly inserts the members into a character stamper or marker and then removes them and drops them down a chute to an inspection site. The member is inserted into a character reader and inspected. Unacceptably stamped members are rejected and for each accepted member the stamper is advanced to a next character. Thus, a next member is stamped with the next character, or permutation of characters, the robot already having provided a new member to the stamper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harold B. King, William Masaitis, Ernest Ippisch, Albert E. Chinn