Patents by Inventor Jason Keith Dour

Jason Keith Dour 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).

  • Case turning apparatus and method for a palletizer
    Patent number: 6935484
    Abstract: In a palletizing machine, cases of goods are received from a production line and are arranged into patterned layers. The palletizing machine stacks the patterned layers one on top of another to form a stacked load that can be easily transported by machine. During arrangement of the cases into the patterned layers, some cases may need to be turned to change their orientation relative to their direction of travel. The cases can be turned simultaneously in groups of two, three, or more cases, to minimize the contact of the palletizing machine with the cases during turning. The turning device which bears against the case during turning may also be provided with a component of movement in the direction of case travel so as to effect the speed of the collision when the cases contact the turning device and effect the net speed between the cases and the turning device during turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Production Automation Inc.
    Inventors: O'Neal Wright Davis, Terry O'Neal Davis, Jason Keith Dour, Joe Austin Johnson, Brian Kevin Davis, Vance Lee Meliska
  • Case turning apparatus and method for a palletizer
    Publication number: 20040069596
    Abstract: In a palletizing machine, cases of goods are received from a production line and are arranged into patterned layers. The palletizing machine stacks the patterned layers one on top of another to form a stacked load that can be easily transported by machine. During arrangement of the cases into the patterned layers, some cases may need to be turned to change their orientation relative to their direction of travel. The cases can be turned simultaneously in groups of two, three, or more cases, to minimize the contact of the palletizing machine with the cases during turning. The turning device which bears against the case during turning may also be provided with a component of movement in the direction of case travel so as to effect the speed of the collision when the cases contact the turning device and effect the net speed between the cases and the turning device during turning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: O?apos;Neal Wright Davis, Terry O?apos;Neal Davis, Jason Keith Dour, Joe Austin Johnson, Brian Kevin Davis, Vance Lee Meliska