Patents by Inventor Joe C. Beavers

Joe C. Beavers 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).

  • Apparatus for palletizing bundles of paper
    Patent number: 5203671
    Abstract: An apparatus for stacking irregular height bundles of paper onto a shipping pallet. Height detectors measure bundles traveling on a conveyor. The height data is utilized by a computer system to control an accumulator to accumulate and stack bundles to a predetermined height and then move the bundles to a storage compartment. The computer instructs a robot to move the stored bundles and place them in a compartmentalized guide box on a pallet in a substantially level predetermined layer height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: C&D Robotics
    Inventors: W. D. Cawley, Joe C. Beavers, David Hayes