Patents by Inventor Philip A. Yakovac

Philip A. Yakovac 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).

  • Book feeding and trimming apparatus
    Patent number: 5152208
    Abstract: A trimming apparatus for edge trimming books including a trimmer knife assembly and a conveying apparatus for conveying the books along a path of movement into aligned relationship with the trimmer knife assembly. The conveying apparatus includes a pair of horizontally extending endless conveyor chains positioned in parallel on adjacent sides of the path of movement and including outwardly extending pusher members for engaging longitudinal edges of the books and moving them along the path of movement. A pair of vertically extending guide members are positioned laterally outwardly of the endless chains for engaging the ends of the books and moving them into proper lateral alignment with the path of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: K. S. Macey Machine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolph H. Ruetschle, Philip A. Yakovac
  • Book feeding and trimming apparatus
    Patent number: 5086681
    Abstract: A trimming apparatus for edge trimming books including a trimmer knife assembly and a conveying apparatus for conveying the books along a path of movement into aligned relationship with the trimmer knife assembly. The conveying apparatus includes a pair of horizontally extending endless conveyor chains positioned in parallel on adjacent sides of the path of movement and including outwardly extending pusher members for engaging longitudinal edges of the books and moving them along the path of movement. A pair of vertically extending guide members are positioned laterally outwardly of the endless chains for engaging the ends of the books and moving them into proper lateral alignment with the path of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: K. S. Macey Machine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolph H. Ruetschle, Philip A. Yakovac