Patents by Inventor Merlin Miller

Merlin Miller 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).

  • Cut-off device for can-container packaging equipment
    Patent number: 5054257
    Abstract: A strip cutoff assembly for successively partitioning an array of can-type containers connected by a continuous plastic strip as the array travels along a conveyor at a constant rate. The strip cutoff assembly includes a pair of endless chains carrying a cutting device in an orbit about a series of axles for periodically dividing the array into units of a predetermined length. An alignment device connected to the cutting device contacts the containers so as to evenly space the containers as the cutting device traverses the plastic strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Grip-Pak, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest R. Cunningham, Merlin Miller