Patents by Inventor Jeremy Houck

Jeremy Houck 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).

  • Reciprocating placer system
    Patent number: 9238558
    Abstract: A reciprocating placer system for selectively picking and placing articles includes a picking assembly that is moveable between one or more magazines in which the articles are each received and stored in a stacked configuration. The picking assembly can include a series of vacuum cups for engaging and selectively picking articles from one or more magazines and thereafter depositing the selected articles on a conveyor or within a receptacle. A drive system controls the transverse movement of the picking assembly with respect to the one or more magazines in order to control the movement of the picking assembly between the one or more magazines and for adjusting the position of the picking assembly, with a selected article engaged thereby, with respect to the conveyor or receptacle on which the article is to be deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Houck, Kelly Ziegler
  • RECIPROCATING PLACER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140069328
    Abstract: A reciprocating placer system for selectively picking and placing articles includes a picking assembly that is moveable between one or more magazines in which the articles are each received and stored in a stacked configuration. The picking assembly can include a series of vacuum cups for engaging and selectively picking articles from one or more magazines and thereafter depositing the selected articles on a conveyor or within a receptacle. A drive system controls the transverse movement of the picking assembly with respect to the one or more magazines in order to control the movement of the picking assembly between the one or more magazines and for adjusting the position of the picking assembly, with a selected article engaged thereby, with respect to the conveyor or receptacle on which the article is to be deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Houck, Kelly Ziegler