Patents by Inventor Felix H. Lapeyre, III

Felix H. Lapeyre, III 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).

  • Conveyor with a gentle retractable stop
    Patent number: 8701867
    Abstract: A conveyor having a retractable stop providing a nonsliding contact surface to the leading faces of conveyed articles to prevent damage to the faces of the articles. One version of such a stop has a contact surface defined by the peripheries of rollers that rotate on the accumulated articles as the stop moves from a blocking position accumulating articles on the conveyor to a retracted position releasing accumulated articles to advance downstream along the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark Costanzo, Eric M. Pressler, Felix H. Lapeyre, III
  • Methods for singulating abutting articles
    Patent number: 8123021
    Abstract: Methods for singulating laterally abutting conveyed articles in a conveyor (60). The method includes separating laterally abutting articles by means of a first conveyor section (62) having in-line rollers (64) or oblique rollers rotating at a first speed in a conveying direction (70) and a second laterally adjacent conveyor section (63) having oblique rollers (65) rotating at a second speed in a direction causing articles atop the oblique rollers (65) in the second section (63) to diverge from articles atop the rollers in the first section. Differing the roller speeds helps the abutting articles to increase their separation in the conveying direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Laitram, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Joseph M. DePaso, Felix H. Lapeyre, III
  • METHODS FOR SINGULATING ABUTTING ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20110114448
    Abstract: Methods for singulating laterally abutting conveyed articles in a conveyor (60). The method includes separating laterally abutting articles by means of a first conveyor section (62) having in-line rollers (64) or oblique rollers rotating at a first speed in a conveying direction (70) and a second laterally adjacent conveyor section (63) having oblique rollers (65) rotating at a second speed in a direction causing articles atop the oblique rollers (65) in the second section (63) to diverge from articles atop the rollers in the first section. Differing the roller speeds helps the abutting articles to increase their separation in the conveying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: LAITRAM, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Joseph M. DePaso, Felix H. Lapeyre, III
  • CONVEYOR WITH A GENTLE RETRACTABLE STOP
    Publication number: 20110108396
    Abstract: A conveyor having a retractable stop providing a nonsliding contact surface to the leading faces of conveyed articles to prevent damage to the faces of the articles. One version of such a stop has a contact surface defined by the peripheries of rollers that rotate on the accumulated articles as the stop moves from a blocking position accumulating articles on the conveyor to a retracted position releasing accumulated articles to advance downstream along the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: LAITRAM, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mark Costanzo, Eric M. Pressler, Felix H. Lapeyre, III