Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Bauer

Michael Paul Bauer 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).

  • SHEET FEEDER WITH TRANSVERSELY TRANSLATABLE FLOATING FINAL HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT BLOCK
    Publication number: 20190276252
    Abstract: An assembly (100) and method for bottoming feeding sheets from a stack of sheets to a top-feed sheet feeding mechanism (F) on a device (P), such as a copy machine. The assembly (100) includes a sheet feeder (200), a transport arm (300), and a final height adjustment block (420) translatably attached to and extending along the distal end (302) of the transport arm (300) for limited transverse (T) translation relative to the machine direction (MD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Paul Bauer
  • Transfer device metering apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 8011495
    Abstract: A product metering apparatus (10) includes a first product conveyance mechanism (12) conveying product in a continuous stream. A platform (42) supports product and is movable along a closed path between a loading position adjacent to the first product conveyance mechanism (12) and a transfer position adjacent to an output in the form of a second product conveyance mechanism (22) spaced from the first product conveyance mechanism (12) in the conveying direction. The platform (42) in the loading position receives the product in the continuous stream from the first product conveyance mechanism (12) and is then accelerated to a speed greater than the first product conveyance mechanism (12) creating a gap between the product supported on the platform (42) and the product remaining in the continuous stream on the first product conveyance mechanism (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Douglas Machine Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon J. Anderson, Michael Paul Bauer, Gene Allen Corle, Christopher Todd Davis, Simin Jiang, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Thomas Harold Peterman
  • Transfer Device Metering Apparatus and Methods
    Publication number: 20100243407
    Abstract: A product metering apparatus (10) includes a first product conveyance mechanism (12) conveying product in a continuous stream. A platform (42) supports product and is movable along a closed path between a loading position adjacent to the first product conveyance mechanism (12) and a transfer position adjacent to an output in the form of a second product conveyance mechanism (22) spaced from the first product conveyance mechanism (12) in the conveying direction. The platform (42) in the loading position receives the product in the continuous stream from the first product conveyance mechanism (12) and is then accelerated to a speed greater than the first product conveyance mechanism (12) creating a gap between the product supported on the platform (42) and the product remaining in the continuous stream on the first product conveyance mechanism (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Douglas Machine Inc
    Inventors: Vernon J. Anderson, Michael Paul Bauer, Gene Allen Corle, Christopher Todd Davis, Simin Jiang, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Thomas Harold Peterman