Patents by Inventor Paul J. Artzer

Paul J. Artzer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for discharging containers from a closed loop container carrier
    Patent number: 4122937
    Abstract: Containers are discharged from a continuously operable, closed loop container carrier, having a multiplicity of parallel longitudinally and transversely aligned rows of container baskets with each container basket being offset from adjacent container baskets in adjacent rows, by a method and apparatus in which containers in alternate transverse rows of container baskets are transferred from the container carrier to a first discharge conveyor by a first container transfer means and containers in the other alternate transverse rows of container baskets are supported in the carrier past the first container transfer means and are transferred from the container carrier to a second discharge conveyor by a second container transfer means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignee: Coors Container Company
    Inventors: Peter Vischer, Paul J. Artzer