Patents by Inventor Robert L. Huseby

Robert L. Huseby 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).

  • Apparatus for forming a very open shell for lateral loading of product
    Patent number: 5125254
    Abstract: A substantially rectangular metal blank is formed about a mandrel (76) to provide a very open shell (28) having a pair of axially extending lips (20c,20t) separated by a distance sufficient to permit a prewound spool (10) or other product to be inserted radially, laterally into the shell prior to closing the shell about the spool or other product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Reinke, Robert F. Allen, Paul E. Bailey, Thomas A. Cipolla, James C. Foote, Jr., Robert L. Huseby, Thomas E. Stark
  • Apparatus and method for forming and loading a magazine for prewound spools of web material
    Patent number: 5044144
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for forming a very open shell (28) having axially extending lips (20c,20t) spaced sufficiently far apart to permit a prewound spool of web material (10) to be inserted radially, laterally into the very open form shell, after which the shell is closed and end caps (24) are installed. Apparatus are disclosed for forming the very open form shell (40), transferring the shell to a mechanism for applying end caps (48), inserting a prewound spool of web material (56) into the very open shell, positioning the spool accurately within the shell (780-856), closing the shell about the spool (58) and staking the end caps in place (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James C. Foote, Jr., Robert F. Allen, Paul E. Bailey, Dean B. Campbell, Thomas A. Cipolla, William G. Hoyt, Robert L. Huseby, Lyndon R. Huttemann, David H. Lancy, William C. Lebbon, Stephen M. Reinke, Thomas E. Stark, Joseph A. Watkins