Patents by Inventor Michael J. Wild

Michael J. Wild 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).

  • Singulator assembly having a buffer with a biased arm
    Patent number: 5409204
    Abstract: A singulator of the friction belt type capable of synchronous or asynchronous modes of operation is described. The singulator includes a buffer assembly for accepting a shingled stream of documents, a feeder pinch belt for extracting the first document from the buffer and a scanner for scanning the document as it passes through the feeder into an accelerator which is also a pinch belt. The accelerator accelerates the document to a constant speed leaving the singulator. A control means is provided which operates coupled to the feeder drive and the scanner so that the next upstream document is extracted a predetermine time after the first document leaves the accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Duchossois Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Strohmeyer, Robert M. Swec, Earl W. Tuckey, Robert S. Frantz, Michael J. Wild, Jeffrey R. Nice, William Z. Smith, Jr., Steven L. Heishman, Horace W. Weeks