Patents by Inventor Kent Gallimore

Kent Gallimore 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).

  • Coupon insertion apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7712287
    Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment has: a positioning functionality that sequentially locates, at a predefined bight, coupons of a continuous web of coupons; a burst functionality whereby a foremost coupon is separated at the predefined bight from a next coupon of the continuous web of coupons; a staging functionality whereby the separated foremost coupon is moved to a staging position; and an insertion functionality whereby the first coupon is inserted into a container. In another embodiment the first coupon is inserted into a container only after the next coupon is separated from the continuous web. In another embodiment after the second coupon is sensed, the first coupon is burst and inserted into a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Gallimore Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kent Gallimore
  • Coupon insertion apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20080289301
    Abstract: An apparatus in one embodiment has: a positioning functionality that sequentially locates, at a predefined bight, coupons of a continuous web of coupons; a burst functionality whereby a foremost coupon is separated at the predefined bight from a next coupon of the continuous web of coupons; a staging functionality whereby the separated foremost coupon is moved to a staging position; and an insertion functionality whereby the first coupon is inserted into a container. In another embodiment the first coupon is inserted into a container only after the next coupon is separated from the continuous web. In another embodiment after the second coupon is sensed, the first coupon is burst and inserted into a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Kent Gallimore
  • Insertion apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20080098696
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example has: a burst functionality whereby a foremost coupon is separated from a next coupon of a continuous web of coupons; a staging functionality whereby the separated foremost coupon is moved to a staging position; and an insertion functionality whereby the first coupon is inserted into a container only after the next coupon is separated from the continuous web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventor: Kent Gallimore