Patents by Inventor James M. Daoust

James M. Daoust 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).

  • Log bander apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7197862
    Abstract: A log packaging apparatus for packaging logs using a turret or a shuttle. The turret or shuttle can be used in conjunction with a wrap conveyor. The turret system can include a rotatable turret with at least one clamp movable into different positions in the apparatus, a log station at which logs are received, and a log ejector for ejecting logs from the log station into clamps of the turret. Logs can be ejected from the log station, through wrap material, and into the turret clamps. In other embodiments, a wrap conveyor inserts wrap material between a shuttle and a log station at which logs are received. Logs in such embodiments can pass from the log station to the shuttle through the wrap material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Daoust, Joseph A. Yachinich, Dennis P. Couturier
  • Log bander apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6865862
    Abstract: A log packaging apparatus for packaging logs using a turret or a shuttle. The turret or shuttle can be used in conjunction with a wrap conveyor. The turret system can include a rotatable turret with at least one clamp movable into different positions in the apparatus, a log station at which logs are received, and a log ejector for ejecting logs from the log station into clamps of the turret. Logs can be ejected from the log station, through wrap material, and into the turret clamps. In other embodiments, a wrap conveyor inserts wrap material between a shuttle and a log station at which logs are received. Logs in such embodiments can pass from the log station to the shuttle through the wrap material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: C.G. Bretting Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Daoust, Joseph A. Yachinich, Dennis P. Couturier
  • Log bander apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20040011005
    Abstract: A log packaging apparatus for packaging logs using a turret or a shuttle. The turret or shuttle can be used in conjunction with a wrap conveyor. The turret system can include a rotatable turret with at least one clamp movable into different positions in the apparatus, a log station at which logs are received, and a log ejector for ejecting logs from the log station into clamps of the turret. Logs can be ejected from the log station, through wrap material, and into the turret clamps. In other embodiments, a wrap conveyor inserts wrap material between a shuttle and a log station at which logs are received. Logs in such embodiments can pass from the log station to the shuttle through the wrap material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: James M. Daoust, Joseph A. Yachinich, Dennis P. Couturier