Patents by Inventor Richard Wolfgram

Richard Wolfgram 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).

  • Palletizing apparatus and method for packaged containers
    Patent number: 5320478
    Abstract: A palletizing apparatus for providing container packages in a desired pattern to a pallet, and related method are presented. The apparatus includes a metering conveyor section which uses a traveling endless belt to feed container packages to a lane forming station; a lane forming station having a lane divider which accepts container packages from the metering conveyor section and separates the container packages such that they are fed to a turning station in a plurality of lanes; a turning station having a turning conveyor using a traveling endless plastic belt made up of individual modules shaped to provide longitudinally oriented upper ribs, which conveys the container packages therealong; turning apparatus for turning container packages by approximately 90.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Simplimatic Engineering Company
    Inventors: Thaddeus W. Gonsowski, Richard Wolfgram, Michael Ratajczyk, Dory Kazmierczak