Patents by Inventor Peter J. Sorbo

Peter J. Sorbo 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).

  • Apparatus and procedure for applying adhesive labels
    Patent number: 4589943
    Abstract: A machine for applying tax stamps or like adhesive labels to articles such as cigarette packages arranged in two or more rows in a carton, including mechanism for advancing the carton lengthwise with exposed ends of the packages facing upwardly, and a head disposed above the path of carton advance for transporting a corresponding number of rows of spaced-apart labels into contact with the advancing package ends while the labels and packages are moving in the same direction and at the same velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignees: American Bank Note Company, Kirk-Rudy, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Kimball, Harry V. Kirk, Richard L. Roule, Richard C. Sennett, Peter J. Sorbo
  • Web of adhesive labels
    Patent number: 4533586
    Abstract: A web of adhesive labels for use with a machine for applying tax stamps or like adhesive labels to articles such as cigarette packages arranged in two or more rows in a carton, including mechanism for advancing the carton lengthwise with exposed ends of the packages facing upwardly, and a head disposed above the path of carton advance for transporting a corresponding number of rows of spaced-apart labels into contact with the advancing package ends while the labels and packages are moving in the same direction and at the same velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: American Bank Note Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Roule, Peter J. Sorbo, John J. Kimball