Patents by Inventor Robert B. Scott

Robert B. Scott 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).

  • Patent number: 6689243
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing labels onto cylindrical items includes an apparatus for applying a label onto a cylindrical object including a feed mechanism for feeding a label strip. A plate having a sharply angled separator edge is positioned to receive the label strip and peel a label from the label strip. A guide member has a pair of opposed rollers. The guide member and opposed rollers are positioned to receive the label. The opposed rollers are adapted to allow the cylindrical object to contact the label and affix the label to the cylindrical object as the cylindrical object is passed between the opposed rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Scott, James A. Fowler, III
  • Publication number: 20020084020
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing labels onto cylindrical items includes an apparatus for applying a label onto a cylindrical object including a feed mechanism for feeding a label strip. A plate having a sharply angled separator edge is positioned to receive the label strip and peel a label from the label strip. A guide member has a pair of opposed rollers. The guide member and opposed rollers are positioned to receive the label. The opposed rollers are adapted to allow the cylindrical object to contact the label and affix the label to the cylindrical object as the cylindrical object is passed between the opposed rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS.
    Inventors: Robert B. Scott, James A. Fowler