Patents by Inventor Tad Shupe

Tad Shupe 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).

  • Accumulator for collating punch system
    Patent number: 10280029
    Abstract: An accumulator for an automatic sheet media punching and collating system includes a proximal end, having a shoulder, a distal end, and a moveable collating belt, disposed below the shoulder, extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The collating belt has an upwardly extending lower stop with an accumulating position opposite the shoulder, defining a drop region. The lower stop is configured to contact a lower edge of sheets of media sequentially received at the proximal end, whereby the sheets stop and accumulate in the drop region in a lift in a book order. The collating belt is selectively moveable to discharge the lift as a unit toward the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph Gahr, Markus Gleichauf, Berthold Schoch, Robert Rottweiler, Tad Shupe, Steven Parker
  • ACCUMULATOR FOR COLLATING PUNCH SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180370750
    Abstract: An accumulator for an automatic sheet media punching and collating system includes a proximal end, having a shoulder, a distal end, and a moveable collating belt, disposed below the shoulder, extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The collating belt has an upwardly extending lower stop with an accumulating position opposite the shoulder, defining a drop region. The lower stop is configured to contact a lower edge of sheets of media sequentially received at the proximal end, whereby the sheets stop and accumulate in the drop region in a lift in a book order. The collating belt is selectively moveable to discharge the lift as a unit toward the distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Gahr, Markus Gleichauf, Berthold Schoch, Robert Rottweiler, Tad Shupe, Steven Parker