Patents by Inventor John Shoupp

John Shoupp 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).

  • Sheet sets packaging system
    Patent number: 6804939
    Abstract: A product packaging system for organizing and packing a number of different items into a set. The system may include a number of staging conveyors. Each of the staging conveyors may carry a stack of items from the number of different items. The system further may include a positioning conveyor positioned adjacent to the staging conveyors and a number of removal devices positioned adjacent to the positioning conveyor. The removal devices may remove one item from the stack of items on each of the staging conveyors and place the item on the positioning conveyor. The system also may include one or more rotation devices positioned about the positioning conveyor so as to rotate the one items on the positioning conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Phoenix Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Samborn, Parks C. Stewart, John Shoupp
  • Sheet sets packaging system
    Publication number: 20030154695
    Abstract: A product packaging system for organizing and packing a number of different items into a set. The system may include a number of staging conveyors. Each of the staging conveyors may carry a stack of items from the number of different items. The system further may include a positioning conveyor positioned adjacent to the staging conveyors and a number of removal devices positioned adjacent to the positioning conveyor. The removal devices may remove one item from the stack of items on each of the staging conveyors and place the item on the positioning conveyor. The system also may include one or more rotation devices positioned about the positioning conveyor so as to rotate the one items on the positioning conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Michael R. Samborn, Parks C. Stewart, John Shoupp