Patents by Inventor Paul Howard Wagner
Paul Howard Wagner 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).
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Patent number: 10744604Abstract: Bed foundation beams are sandwiched by a compression bar extending parallel to the first and second rails and moved towards the first and second rails while being conveyed. Further, the first and second rails and the spacers are sandwiched against spaced fixtures on an endless chain. While being compressed and sandwiched, staple guns fasten the rails and spacers together. The fixtures include front and back stops, with the back stop pivotable about a fixture axis to be movable by a cam moving in a cam track from a pushing position extending perpendicular to the endless chain and abutting with a trailing edge of one of the spacers and a non-intervening position after the staple gun and before the sprocket of the endless chain to reduce the apparatus footprint.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Palletec, LLCInventor: Paul Howard Wagner
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Patent number: 10549451Abstract: In construction of pallets, stringers are conveyed on a conveyor in a conveying direction to a pneumatic stop assembly including a pawl. The pawl is moveably mounted relative to the conveyor by a parallelogram linkage and moveable by a pneumatic actuator between first and second heights relative to the conveyor. While the pawl is at its first height, a lower board in a hopper is pushed from a shelf by a pusher onto the stringers on the conveyor. While pushed, the ends of the board slide along and between first and second slide rails on opposite sides of the conveyor. The board on the stringers is sandwiched between the pusher and the pawl at the first height while fastened together by a nail gun. After being fastened together, the pawl is moved to its second height which does not interfere with the fastened board and stringers conveyed by the conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Palletec, LLCInventor: Paul Howard Wagner
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Patent number: 10486328Abstract: A fastening system includes a carriage moveably mounted to a frame between first and second positions extensive with and beyond a fixture. The fixture is horizontally movably mounted in the frame to receive components to be fastened of differing sizes, with slide bars vertically moveably mounted relative to the fixture and simultaneously horizontally movable with the fixture. Adjustable spacers, in the form of a body having different extents or telescopic pillars, are positioned in the frame to abut with the components received in the fixture. Wheels rotatably mounted to first and second platforms of the carriage are received in U-shaped channels of the frame, with the first and second platforms being moved by endless belts clamped thereto. Nail guns are movably mounted between vertical posts of the platforms and include a plunger which is biased against a drum carrying a belt of fasteners and include a flat board tangential to a roller having a V-shaped circumferential groove receiving the heads of nails.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Palletec, LLCInventors: Paul Howard Wagner, James Thomas Kirk, Jon Denney, Marcus Keith Drayton
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Publication number: 20180272480Abstract: Bed foundation beams are sandwiched by a compression bar extending parallel to the first and second rails and moved towards the first and second rails while being conveyed. Further, the first and second rails and the spacers are sandwiched against spaced fixtures on an endless chain. While being compressed and sandwiched, staple guns fasten the rails and spacers together. The fixtures include front and back stops, with the back stop pivotable about a fixture axis to be movable by a cam moving in a cam track from a pushing position extending perpendicular to the endless chain and abutting with a trailing edge of one of the spacers and a non-intervening position after the staple gun and before the sprocket of the endless chain to reduce the apparatus footprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Paul Howard Wagner
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Publication number: 20180215067Abstract: A fastening system includes a carriage moveably mounted to a frame between first and second positions extensive with and beyond a fixture. The fixture is horizontally movably mounted in the frame to receive components to be fastened of differing sizes, with slide bars vertically moveably mounted relative to the fixture and simultaneously horizontally movable with the fixture. Adjustable spacers, in the form of a body having different extents or telescopic pillars, are positioned in the frame to abut with the components received in the fixture. Wheels rotatably mounted to first and second platforms of the carriage are received in U-shaped channels of the frame, with the first and second platforms being moved by endless belts clamped thereto. Nail guns are movably mounted between vertical posts of the platforms and include a plunger which is biased against a drum carrying a belt of fasteners and include a flat board tangential to a roller having a V-shaped circumferential groove receiving the heads of nails.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Paul Howard Wagner, James Thomas Kirk, Jon Denney, Marcus Keith Drayton
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Publication number: 20170312934Abstract: Machines and methods for constructing pallets include conveying stringers on a conveyor in a conveying direction to a pneumatic stop assembly including a pawl. The pawl is moveably mounted relative to the conveyor by a parallelogram linkage and moveable by a pneumatic actuator between first and second heights relative to the conveyor. While the pawl is at its first height, a lower board in a hopper is pushed from a shelf by a pusher and onto the stringers on the conveyor. While being pushed, the ends of the board slide along and between first and second slide rails on opposite sides of the conveyor. The board positioned on the stringers is sandwiched between the pusher and the pawl at the first height while being fastened together by a nail gun. After being fastened together, the pawl is moved to its second height which does not interfere with the fastened board and stringers being conveyed by the conveyor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventor: Paul Howard Wagner
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Publication number: 20150031570Abstract: A high throughput biological sample processing system includes a sample carrier with a plurality of wells that progresses through the high throughput biological sample processing system. The system further includes a sample dispensing module, a reagent dispensing module, an accumulation/incubation module, and a detection module. The detection module employs an optical measuring device to encapsulate a biological sample in one of the plurality of wells of the sample carrier and detect energy from the chemistry of the biological sample to determine the amount of an analyte in the biological sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Paul Howard Wagner, Adnanul Haq, Richard Jerome Schoeneck
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Patent number: 8051629Abstract: A heat tunnel for applying heated air to articles enclosed in shrink-wrap film includes at least one air supply unit; a conveyor; and a heat shroud spaced from the conveyor. The air supply unit includes a source of heated air, a fan, a heated air plenum, air ducts, and a return air plenum. Multiple air supply units can be provided along the conveyor to create a heat tunnel of desired length.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Douglas Machine Inc.Inventors: Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Bruce Malcolm Peterson, Paul Howard Wagner, Bradley Jon VanderTuin, Richard Jerome Schoeneck
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Patent number: 7849770Abstract: A cutting apparatus cuts shrink wrap film residing in a roll. The apparatus includes a first roller pair receiving the film from the roll and carrying the film away from the roll; and without the need for a second roller pair to receive the cut sheet of film. Film snap-back is prevented by cutting the film between a shear deck with teeth and a rotating blade with teeth intermeshing with the teeth of the shear deck. A method for cutting a sheet of shrink wrap film, includes: feeding the film into a first roller pair; and cutting the film between the first roller pair and the second roller pair using a rotating knife with a number of teeth intermeshing with a shear bar with teeth.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2005Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Douglas Machine, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Leonard Floding, Paul Howard Wagner, Ronald Matthew Gust, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Richard Jerome Schoeneck
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Publication number: 20100236196Abstract: A heat tunnel for applying heated air to articles enclosed in shrink-wrap film includes at least one air supply unit; a conveyor; and a heat shroud spaced from the conveyor. The air supply unit includes a source of heated air, a fan, a heated air plenum, air ducts, and a return air plenum. Multiple air supply units can be provided along the conveyor to create a heat tunnel of desired length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Bruce Malcolm Peterson, Paul Howard Wagner, Bradley Jon VanderTuin, Richard Jerome Schoeneck
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Patent number: 7533768Abstract: Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep conveyor (22). In a preferred form, the transfer device (42) is in the form of a thin piece of flexible material and is moved in the conveying direction from the retracted position to the extended position by engaging with the sweep conveyor (22) and is moved to the retracted position by being wrapped around a rotated roller (46). Product is transferred from the transfer device (42) to the sweep conveyor (22) as the transfer device (42) moves from the extended position to the retracted position and is engaged by a metering bar (52ba, 52ca) which controls the product on the sweep conveyor (22) until the product group leaves the transfer device (42). With nested product, the leading edge of the transfer device (42) is scalloped to represent the product bottom leading edge.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Douglas Machine, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Leonard Floding, Thomas Harold Peterman, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Richard Jerome Schoeneck, Paul Howard Wagner, Chad W. Hahn, Gene Allen Corle
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Patent number: 7269929Abstract: A heat tunnel for applying heated air to articles enclosed in shrink-wrap film includes at least one air supply unit; a conveyor; and a heat shroud spaced from the conveyor. The air supply unit includes a source of heated air, a fan, a heated air plenum, air ducts, and a return air plenum. Multiple air supply units can be provided along the conveyor to create a heat tunnel of desired length.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Douglas Machine IncInventors: Bradley Jon VanderTuin, Richard Jerome Schoeneck, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Bruce Malcolm Peterson, Paul Howard Wagner
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Patent number: 7222716Abstract: Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep conveyor (22). In a preferred form, the transfer device (42) is in the form of a thin piece of flexible material and is moved in the conveying direction from the retracted position to the extended position by engaging with the sweep conveyor (22) and is moved to the retracted position by being wrapped around a rotated roller (46). Product is transferred from the transfer device (42) to the sweep conveyor (22) as the transfer device (42) moves from the extended position to the retracted position and is engaged by a metering bar (52ba) which controls the product acceleration on the sweep conveyor (22) to match the meter conveyor (12) until the product group leaves the transfer device (42).Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Douglas Machine, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Harold Peterman, Daniel Leonard Floding, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Richard Jerome Schoeneck, Paul Howard Wagner
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Patent number: 7155876Abstract: A heat tunnel for applying heated air to articles enclosed in shrink-wrap film includes at least one air supply unit; a conveyor; and a heat shroud spaced from the conveyor. Tha air supply unit includes a source of heated air, a fan, a heated air plenum, air ducts, and a return air plenum. Multiple air supply units can be provided along the conveyor to create a heat tunnel of desired length.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Douglas Machine, Inc.Inventors: Bradley Jon VanderTuin, Richard Jerome Schoeneck, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Bruce Malcolm Peterson, Paul Howard Wagner
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Patent number: 7073656Abstract: Holes are removed from nested product patterns by conveying products on a conveyance mechanism (12) through an infeed section (14) in nested pattern streams (a1, a2, b1, b2), into a narrowing section (24) of a width less than one and one half the product diameter. After the narrowing section (24), the product streams (a11, a21, b11, b21) enter into an expansion section (44) where products move into a side-by-side product stream (a12, a22, b12, b22). Thereafter, nested product streams (a13, a23, b13, b23) are formed, which can be combined to form nested product streams (A, B) which can be further processed as desired.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Douglas Machine, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Matthew Gust, David Leon Anderson, Glenn Lambert Stroeing, Paul Howard Wagner
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Patent number: 6843360Abstract: Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep conveyor (22). In a preferred form, the transfer device (42) is in the form of a thin piece of flexible material and is moved in the conveying direction from the retracted position to the extended position by engaging with the sweep conveyor (22) and is moved to the retracted position by being wrapped around a rotated roller (46). Product is transferred from the transfer device (42) to the sweep conveyor (22) as the transfer device (42) moves from the extended position to the retracted position and is engaged by a metering bar (52ba) which controls the product acceleration on the sweep conveyor (22) to match the meter conveyor (12) until the product group leaves the transfer device (42).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Douglas Machine, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Harold Peterman, Daniel Leonard Floding, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Richard Jerome Schoeneck, Paul Howard Wagner
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Publication number: 20040231301Abstract: A heat tunnel for applying heated air to articles enclosed in shrink-wrap film. The heat tunnel includes at least one air supply unit, the air supply unit further having a source of heated air, a fan, a heated air plenum, air ducts, and a return air plenum; a conveyor chain; and a heat shroud spaced from the conveyor chain. Multiple air supply units can be provided along the conveyor to create a heat tunnel of desired length.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Bradley Jon VanderTuin, Richard Jerome Schoeneck, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Bruce Malcolm Peterson, Paul Howard Wagner
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Publication number: 20040083689Abstract: Methods and apparatus for wrapping products having different product profiles includes a conveyor (14, 18, 22) driven by a conveyor drive (34) transporting a product (26). A wrapping mechanism (46) includes a drive mechanism (74) moving a wrap support (86) about a wrapping mechanism axis (58) using a rotatable driver (62) and a carrier (78) extending between the driver (62) and the wrap support (86). In one preferred form, a slideable attachment between the driver (62) and the carrier (78) allows extension and retraction of the wrap support (86) according to the product profile of the product (26). In one preferred form, a guide (82) moves in an adjustable cam track (98) made up of multiple segments (102, 106) to define a path (94) of the wrap support (86). The cam track (98) corresponds to the product profile of the product (26) on the platform (30). One of the cam segments (102, 106) is separately removable to allow for adjustment of the cam track (98).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2002Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Daniel Leonard Floding, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Richard Jerome Schoeneck, Paul Howard Wagner
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Publication number: 20030183484Abstract: Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep conveyor (22). In a preferred form, the transfer device (42) is in the form of a thin piece of flexible material and is moved in the conveying direction from the retracted position to the extended position by engaging with the sweep conveyor (22) and is moved to the retracted position by being wrapped around a rotated roller (46). Product is transferred from the transfer device (42) to the sweep conveyor (22) as the transfer device (42) moves from the extended position to the retracted position and is engaged by a metering bar (52ba) which controls the product acceleration on the sweep conveyor (22) to match the meter conveyor (12) until the product group leaves the transfer device (42).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Thomas Harold Peterman, Daniel Leonard Floding, Irvan Leo Pazdernik, Richard Jerome Schoeneck, Paul Howard Wagner
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Patent number: D517578Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2005Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Douglas Machine, Inc.Inventors: Bradley Jon Vander Tuin, Paul Howard Wagner