Patents by Inventor Reginald F. J. Lunt

Reginald F. J. Lunt 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).

  • Multi-length sheet material conveyor and collator
    Patent number: 5288063
    Abstract: A multi-length sheet material conveyor and collator is provided including a first conveyor for receiving successive cut sheets from a cutter and a second conveyor for receiving cut sheets from the first conveyor and arranging the received cut sheets in collated sets of sheets. The second conveyor includes drive structure for intermittently driving the collated sets of sheets therealong and support structure whereby additional equipment may be supported from the second conveyor for performing single or multiple additional operations on the collated sets of sheet material such as stapling, gluing and token tipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Metromail Corporation
    Inventor: Reginald F. J. Lunt
  • Thickness adjustable material detector for gripper mechanism
    Patent number: 4462585
    Abstract: The spacing between jaws on a gripper lever is gauged by a sensing rod movably mounted on the lever to actuate a limit switch supported in a switch housing clamped to the oscillatory shaft to which the gripper lever is attached. The limit switch is adjusted to detect deviations from the thickness of a single sheet of material clamped between the jaws during transfer from a magazine to a collating conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: Metromail Corporation
    Inventors: Clarence L. Gieson, Randy J. Marsh, Reginald F. J. Lunt