Patents by Inventor Michael B Watson

Michael B Watson 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).

  • Depalletizer for a material handling system
    Patent number: 7033130
    Abstract: A depalletizer includes an input assembly for supporting a loaded pallet loaded with at least one product, a lift assembly, and a product take-away assembly. The input assembly presents the loaded pallet to the lift assembly, which moves the loaded pallet to a product unloading elevation. The product take-away assembly is positioned for receiving a product from the pallet at the unloading elevation. The depalletizer assembly also includes a pallet take-away assembly. After the product is unloaded from the pallet, the lift assembly moves the unloaded pallet to a pallet discharge elevation, where the pallet take-away assembly is positioned to receive an unloaded pallet from the lift assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Rapistan Systems Advertising Corp.
    Inventors: Michael B Watson, Troy E Coolbaugh, Thomas B Smith
  • Depalletizer for a material handling system
    Publication number: 20030138312
    Abstract: A depalletizer includes an input assembly for supporting a loaded pallet loaded with at least one product, a lift assembly, and a product take-away assembly. The input assembly presents the loaded pallet to the lift assembly, which moves the loaded pallet to a product unloading elevation. The product take-away assembly is positioned for receiving a product from the pallet at the unloading elevation. The depalletizer assembly also includes a pallet take-away assembly. After the product is unloaded from the pallet, the lift assembly moves the unloaded pallet to a pallet discharge elevation, where the pallet take-away assembly is positioned to receive an unloaded pallet from the lift assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Michael B. Watson, Troy E. Coolbaugh, Thomas B. Smith
  • Cable coupling transformer
    Patent number: 5473300
    Abstract: A cable coupling trandformer having a metal or ferrite member defining separate high permeability portions of a pair of flux paths, a winding electromagnetically associated with each high permeability portion, and a common low permeability portion of each flux path which passes between a pair of conductors carrying equal currents in antiphase. A portion of the current induced in either the conductors or the windings are impressed on the other to create a simple communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventor: Michael B. Watson