Patents by Inventor Michael Cruver

Michael Cruver 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).

  • Article group-segregating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5147027
    Abstract: Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of orbiting pusher members includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting pusher member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movement of the row of articles behind a segregated group of articles pushed against such pusher member for enabling such group of articles to be engaged and pushed by the next orbiting pusher member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Formost Packaging Machines, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Cruver
  • Mechanism for stacking flat articles
    Patent number: 5094585
    Abstract: Stacking mechanism includes an accelerating conveyor for launching flat articles edgewise toward a stacking station, a continuously moving conveyor for moving stacks of articles away from the stacking station, two intermittently rotatable rotors and a stationary plate therebetween forming the stacking station, the rotors each having for pegs upstanding from their margins in orthogonal relationship so that a peg of each rotor will engage a stack of articles at the stacking station simultaneously and push the stack from the stacking station onto the discharge conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Formost Packaging Machines, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Cruver
  • Article group-segregating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5020655
    Abstract: Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of article grouper members moved continuously in an orbit includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting grouper member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movement of the row of articles behind a segregated group of articles pushed against such grouper member for enabling such group of articles to be moved out of the way followed by release of such clamping conveyor or clamp arms to enable the next group of articles to be pushed against the next orbiting grouper member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Formost Packaging Machines, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Cruver
  • Article group-segregating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5012916
    Abstract: Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of orbiting pusher members includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting pusher member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movement of the row of articles behind a segregated group of articles pushed against such pusher member for enabling such group of articles to be engaged and pushed by the next orbiting pusher member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Formost Packaging Machines, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Cruver