Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Kacirek

Kenneth J. Kacirek 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 stacking apparatus
    Patent number: 4270879
    Abstract: A sheet stacking device includes a plurality of endless belts spaced from one another and rotating at a predetermined speed toward a sheet shipping container mounted at a loading position. A sheet held against the belt by vacuum pulled between the belts moves along a movement path into a wall of the container. The belts continue to rotate to align the sheet relative to the container; afterward plungers move the sheet downward away from the belts onto the backwall of the container to stack same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Kacirek
  • Glass accumulator
    Patent number: 4108319
    Abstract: A glass accumulator includes a first pair and a second pair of helically threaded rotating shafts angled away from each other. The first and second pair of shafts are rotated in opposite directions to vertically displace glass sheets from a horizontal conveyor and accumulate the glass sheets at the top of the shafts. Angling the pair of shafts away from each other minimizes contact between surfaces of the helical threads and the glass sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Kacirek, Jack E. Rust