Patents by Inventor Mark Kucera

Mark Kucera 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).

  • Publication number: 20150367970
    Abstract: A pill packaging machine and a method of packaging pills. The method includes supplying first and second sheets of flaccid packaging material, rolling the first and second sheets into spaced apart opposed relation and into contact with one another, guiding pills along a guide path toward an ejection path having an ejection outlet that is spaced apart from a line of contact between the first and second sheets, spinning a resiliently deformable ejection roller into frictional contact with the pills to eject the pills through the ejection path out of the ejection outlet to a location between the first and second sheets, and further rolling the first and second sheets to enclose the pills therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: John Todd Barrett, Fred P. Schoville, Mark Kucera
  • Patent number: 8038826
    Abstract: An improved tabbed divider making apparatus is disclosed. The machine preferably improves upon existing tabbed divider making machines in its ease of use and efficiency. Among other elements, the machine may include a paper feeder, a processing section, and an output tray. An improved film delivery system is also disclosed, as well as methods relating to manufacturing of tabbed dividers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Scott Office Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kucera, Kevin Hartnett, Thomas J. Richmond
  • Patent number: 8002688
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tabbed divider making apparatus preferably adapted for use with smaller, more individualized jobs in an office or the like. The apparatus preferably includes a paper feeder, a film provider, a knife package for shearing a portion of the paper to create a tab, at least one strut, a pivotable arm, at least one spring, and a cam having an oblong shape. The rotation of the cam preferably causes movement between loaded and unloaded positions of the spring, which causes the knife package to shear the paper. Also disclosed is a removable film cartridge for use with the apparatus. The cartridge preferably includes a housing, a roll of film, one or more rollers, a creasing finger for creasing the film, and two or more opposed extensions for folding the film along the crease. Further disclosed is a method of producing a tabbed divider utilizing the above-mentioned apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Scott Office Systems LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kucera, Kevin Hartnett
  • Publication number: 20110065562
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tabbed divider making apparatus preferably adapted for use with smaller, more individualized jobs in an office or the like. The apparatus preferably includes a paper feeder, a film provider, a knife package for shearing a portion of the paper to create a tab, at least one strut, a pivotable arm, at least one spring, and a cam having an oblong shape. The rotation of the cam preferably causes movement between loaded and unloaded positions of the spring, which causes the knife package to shear the paper. Also disclosed is a removable film cartridge for use with the apparatus. The cartridge preferably includes a housing, a roll of film, one or more rollers, a creasing finger for creasing the film, and two or more opposed extensions for folding the film along the crease. Further disclosed is a method of producing a tabbed divider utilizing the above-mentioned apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: SCOTT OFFICE SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kucera, Kevin Hartnett
  • Publication number: 20090270237
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tabbed divider making apparatus preferably adapted for use with smaller, more individualized jobs in an office or the like. The apparatus preferably includes a paper feeder, a film provider, a knife package for shearing a portion of the paper to create a tab, at least one strut, a pivotable arm, at least one spring, and a cam having an oblong shape. The rotation of the cam preferably causes movement between loaded and unloaded positions of the spring, which causes the knife package to shear the paper. Also disclosed is a removable film cartridge for use with the apparatus. The cartridge preferably includes a housing, a roll of film, one or more rollers, a creasing finger for creasing the film, and two or more opposed extensions for folding the film along the crease. Further disclosed is a method of producing a tabbed divider utilizing the above-mentioned apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: SCOTT OFFICE SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kucera, Kevin Hartnett
  • Publication number: 20090026752
    Abstract: An improved tabbed divider making apparatus is disclosed. The machine preferably improves upon existing tabbed divider making machines in its ease of use and efficiency. Among other elements, the machine may include a paper feeder, a processing section, and an output tray. An improved film delivery system is also disclosed, as well as methods relating to manufacturing of tabbed dividers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Kucera, Kevin Hartnett, Thomas J. Richmond