Patents by Inventor Paul A. Kruger

Paul A. Kruger 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).

  • Continuous pallet production apparatus
    Patent number: 7281922
    Abstract: Disclosed is an injection molding apparatus that includes an extruder configured to produce a continuous flow of molten plastic. The injection molding apparatus also includes a plurality of mold assemblies and a delivery system that provides an uninterrupted transfer of the continuous flow of molten plastic from the extruder to the plurality of mold assemblies. The present invention also includes an process for using the injection molding apparatus that includes forcing a continuous flow of molten plastic into a delivery system and sequentially routing the continuous flow of molten plastic from the delivery system into a plurality of mold assemblies without interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Commerce Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Paul A. Kruger, Bryan R. Kirchmer
  • Continuous pallet production apparatus
    Publication number: 20040070115
    Abstract: Disclosed is an injection molding apparatus that includes an extruder configured to produce a continuous flow of molten plastic. The injection molding apparatus also includes a plurality of mold assemblies and a delivery system that provides an uninterrupted transfer of the continuous flow of molten plastic from the extruder to the plurality of mold assemblies. The present invention also includes an process for using the injection molding apparatus that includes forcing a continuous flow of molten plastic into a delivery system and sequentially routing the continuous flow of molten plastic from the delivery system into a plurality of mold assemblies without interruption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Palweb Corporation
    Inventors: Paul A. Kruger, Bryan R. Kirchmer
  • Materials handling pallet
    Patent number: 6109190
    Abstract: A molded plastic product and material handling pallet comprising upper and lower pieces of different plastic materials assembled in separable mating registration to provide a pervious product bed and a lower framework of sufficient strength for vertical stacking storage of product-loaded pallets in open racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Plastic Pallet Production, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald G. Hale, Paul A. Kruger, David A. Byers