Patents by Inventor Guenter C. Wexler

Guenter C. Wexler 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).

  • Apparatus and method for discharging articles from a vibratory feeder
    Patent number: 5114039
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for transferring flanged articles from a vibratory feeder to a discharge station which features a pair of feed rails one of which has a curved external hearing surface for providing point bearing contact with a flange of the article being transferred.A method is disclosed for discharging and orienting flanged articles for delivery from a vibratory feeding device which includes the mounting of one of a pair of feed rails above the other feed rail at an entrance end of a discharge device for supporting the flanged article with its body portion tilted away from the other rail and supporting an outlet end of the discharge device such that its rails position the body portion of the flanged article in a substantially vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Spirol International Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Brendan J. Walshe, Guenter C. Wexler