Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Halish

Thomas J. Halish 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).

  • Adjustable suction head apparatus for packaging articles
    Patent number: 5943842
    Abstract: A packaging device for lifting a loosely spaced set of articles from a supply conveyor, compressing the set of articles by eliminating the excess space between them, and placing the compressed set of articles into a receiving container is characterized by a frame, a vacuum housing rigidly mounted on the frame, a plurality of pickup assemblies extending downwardly from the vacuum housing, and an apparatus for shifting the plurality of pickup assemblies between an expanded loading configuration which corresponds to the spacing of the set of articles on a conveyor and a compressed unloading configuration which corresponds to the spacing required for the set of articles to be deposited in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Flexicell, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes J. de Koning, Frederick W. McCook, Jr., Thomas J. Halish