Patents by Inventor Robert K. Chick

Robert K. Chick 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).

  • Linearly disposed method and apparatus for orienting articles in a pre-selected end-to-end position
    Patent number: 3954171
    Abstract: A linearly disposed method and apparatus for orienting articles such as bottles or the like in a pre-selected position, wherein bottles are fed onto a primary conveyor where a photoelectric cell-light source combination senses their orientation and, if needed, reorients the articles, preferably by an air blast which urges a part of it into contact with a secondary conveyor which is at a different relative speed from that of the primary conveyor, such speed differential serving to turn the improperly oriented bottle so as to bring it into the pre-selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Robert K. Chick, Ernest L. Edwards