Patents by Inventor James F. Stuart

James F. Stuart 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).

  • Ice bagger
    Patent number: 5109651
    Abstract: An ice bagging apparatus comprising an ice collecting zone, which has water drain, an auger position below and in communication with the ice collecting zone and in communication with a separated ice delivery and bagging zone. The ice delivery and bagging zone has a weight sensing bottom closure, and a tractor with a vacuum surface for grasping and deploying a bag on the closure positioned for receiving ice delivered from the auger. The ice bagging apparatus is combined with an ice making apparatus and a bagged ice storage zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Packaged Ice, Inc.
    Inventor: James F. Stuart