Patents by Inventor John J. Smerke, II

John J. Smerke, II 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).

  • Patent number: 4736939
    Abstract: An envelope transport guide is disclosed that organizes opened and emptied envelopes from an envelope opening machine. The guide has an entry surface coplanar with the pathway of the moving envelopes, and adjacent the opening machine for accepting each envelope. The envelopes turn, under the force of gravity, around some guiding means and slide off the entry surface into an organized stack in an angled collection receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Inventors: John J. Smerke, II, Raymond D. DiSandro