Patents by Inventor Timothy E. Goszka

Timothy E. Goszka 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).

  • Product feeder with accelerator and decelerator devices
    Patent number: 7578501
    Abstract: An apparatus feeds paper inserts or other flat products from one area to another. The apparatus is particularly useful for newspaper insert machines. A rotating gripper drum or pusher disk feeds paper products from the bottom of a stationary stack down into open moving pockets. Roller assemblies are employed to first speed up the product and then slow the product down as the product exits the feeder. In operation, the product is first quickly accelerated to a speed faster than the circumferential speed of the drum or pusher disk, to maximize feeding speed, and then is quickly decelerated to a slower speed, to prevent the product from bouncing or crumpling in the bottom of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Muller Martini Mailroom Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry C. Noll, Jr., Randy R. Seidel, Timothy E. Goszka
  • Product separator and feeder
    Patent number: 7384031
    Abstract: This invention discloses an apparatus and method for separating and feeding flat products from a stack to a gripper drum. The invention employs a specially-positioned pivoting and articulating sucker bar, having several degrees of motion, operating in timed relationship with a reciprocating and articulating pusher blade, to reduce the travel distance of vacuum suckers, to reduce the diameter of the gripper drum, and to increase the speed at which products are separated from the stack and transferred to the gripper drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Graphic Management Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry C. Noll, Jr., Timothy E. Goszka, Randy R. Seidel
  • Palletizer
    Patent number: 5249917
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus useful for palletizing elongated articles including bundles of stacked sheets or signatures. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a frame and a slide system mounted to the frame. The slide system comprises a slide conveyor and a slide support connected to the slide conveyor. There is at least one, and preferably at least two, clamp assemblies connected to the slide support. Each clamp assembly comprises a pair of opposing clamping surfaces with at least one of the clamping surfaces on a clamp, and preferably each clamping surface on an opposing clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Butler Automatic, Inc.
    Inventors: Irving H. Neumann, Timothy E. Goszka, Kolbjorn Roste
  • Signature stream interrupt apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5244201
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for interrupting a stream of signatures. The apparatus comprises successive conveyor belts in series which can be controlled to advance the belt supporting surfaces at relatively different speeds. At least one conveyor belt has a supporting surface capable of varying in length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Stacker Machine Co.
    Inventors: Gregory Balcerek, Irving H. Neumann, Timothy E. Goszka