Patents by Inventor Raymond C. Ehlers

Raymond C. Ehlers 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).

  • Round container orienting system
    Patent number: 4895245
    Abstract: A nested pattern of round containers accumulates on an infeed conveyor between side guides so spaced as to accommodate the containers in nested columns. Individual venturi, or lane conveyors, are non-linear and achieve a lateral spreading of the center columns without relying on a fixed lane guide or divider. Outer lane conveyors do the same immediately downstream of this center column spreading action and the containers are then fed to a case packer in orderly columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Standard-Knapp, Inc.
    Inventors: Barton M. Bauers, John L. Raudat, Raymond C. Ehlers, Jr.
  • Continuous motion packer controller
    Patent number: 4522011
    Abstract: A controller for a continuous motion drop bottle type case packer has a real time processing means for accessing a plurality of controller instructions and for determining one of a number of possible courses of action to be taken in response to control signals from a plurality of detectors in the packer. The controller is responsive to changing operational parameters and causes the packer to operate at the maximum of a number of predetermined bottle transfer rates as selected by the real time processing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Inventors: Barton M. Bauers, John L. Raudat, Raymond C. Ehlers, Timothy H. Thompson