Patents by Inventor John A. Cugini

John A. Cugini 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 orienting articles having an enlarged end
    Patent number: 4261680
    Abstract: An apparatus for orienting randomly arranged articles having an enlarged end, such as large caliber ammunition or the like, so that all of the articles are facing in the same direction. The apparatus senses the direction in which the articles are facing and passes all of the articles facing one direction, while inverting the articles facing in the opposite direction so that all of the articles discharged from the apparatus are facing in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Inventors: F. Paul Carnley, John Cugini, Charles E. Benedict
  • Weft control device
    Patent number: 3967657
    Abstract: A weft control device for shuttleless looms of the type having a pair of spring biased disc elements between which the weft is advanced for insertion into sheds of warp threads. The device is located intermediate the source of weft and the edge of the fabric being formed, and includes a driving apparatus for effecting rotation of the disc elements in a direction that will apply tension to the weft and automatically recover the development of any slack therein in the area intermediate the disc elements and the fabric edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventor: John A. Cugini