Patents by Inventor Homer F. Butts

Homer F. Butts 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: 4147340
    Abstract: Apparatus for stacking and jogging cut sheets or carton blanks continuously includes a pair of side-by-side chambers comprising two side walls and a central divider panel and being open at the front, rear, top and bottom. A U-shaped elevator is disposed in each chamber and means is provided for raising and lowering each elevator individually. A plurality of vertically disposed, spaced stop fingers are mounted at the front of each chamber for outward swinging movement as a unit to permit removal of stacked blanks but normally operating as fixed stops for the blanks being fed to the chamber. Each chamber has a pair of vertical jogger plates and a motor, lever, linkage and pivot mechanism reciprocates one of the jogger plates toward and away from the divider panel and the other jogger plate toward and away from the stop fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Inventor: Homer F. Butts