Patents by Inventor Ryan RADU

Ryan RADU 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).

  • Method and apparatus for reconfiguring containers
    Patent number: 11820542
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming containers from container blanks are provided. An apparatus comprises a blank holding apparatus operable to releasably hold a plurality of carton blanks in a first configuration. The apparatus also has a rotary apparatus operable to rotate an engagement device along a rotational path from a first retrieval location where the engagement device is operable to engage with and retrieve a blank from the plurality of blanks held in the blank holding apparatus, to a second operational location. The apparatus also has a movement apparatus inter-connected to the rotary apparatus. The movement apparatus is operable to move the rotary apparatus and the engagement device with the engaged blank away from the blank holding apparatus, which may be translational movement away from the blank holding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: AFA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: H. J. Paul Langen, Ryan Radu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONFIGURING CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20210039816
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming containers from container blanks are provided. An apparatus comprises a blank holding apparatus operable to releasably hold a plurality of carton blanks in a first configuration. The apparatus also has a rotary apparatus operable to rotate an engagement device along a rotational path from a first retrieval location where the engagement device is operable to engage with and retrieve a blank from the plurality of blanks held in the blank holding apparatus, to a second operational location. The apparatus also has a movement apparatus inter-connected to the rotary apparatus. The movement apparatus is operable to move the rotary apparatus and the engagement device with the engaged blank away from the blank holding apparatus, which may be translational movement away from the blank holding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: H. J. Paul LANGEN, Ryan RADU
  • Method and apparatus for reconfiguring containers
    Patent number: 10850881
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming containers from container blanks are provided. An apparatus comprises a blank holding apparatus operable to releasably hold a plurality of carton blanks in a first configuration. The apparatus also has a rotary apparatus operable to rotate an engagement device along a rotational path from a first retrieval location where the engagement device is operable to engage with and retrieve a blank from the plurality of blanks held in the blank holding apparatus, to a second operational location. The apparatus also has a movement apparatus inter-connected to the rotary apparatus. The movement apparatus is operable to move the rotary apparatus and the engagement device with the engaged blank away from the blank holding apparatus, which may be translational movement away from the blank holding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: AFA SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: H. J. Paul Langen, Ryan Radu
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONFIGURING CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20180319525
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming containers from container blanks are provided. An apparatus comprises a blank holding apparatus operable to releasably hold a plurality of carton blanks in a first configuration. The apparatus also has a rotary apparatus operable to rotate an engagement device along a rotational path from a first retrieval location where the engagement device is operable to engage with and retrieve a blank from the plurality of blanks held in the blank holding apparatus, to a second operational location. The apparatus also has a movement apparatus inter-connected to the rotary apparatus. The movement apparatus is operable to move the rotary apparatus and the engagement device with the engaged blank away from the blank holding apparatus, which may be translational movement away from the blank holding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: H. J. Paul LANGEN, Ryan RADU