Patents by Inventor Wai-Kwong Chan

Wai-Kwong Chan 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).

  • Binding line book tracking system and method
    Patent number: 5112179
    Abstract: A binding line including at least first and second binding line sections. The first binding line section is adapted to transport books therealong to a book exit station and the second binding line section is adapted to transport books therealong from a book entry station. The binding line includes a book transferring mechanism or subsystem for moving books from the book exit station of the first binding line section to the book entry station of the second binding line section as well as devices associated with book leaving the book exit station and books entering the book entry station for tracking books during transfer from the first binding line section to the second binding line section. The first binding line section can run at the same or a different speed than the second binding line section. In addition, the binding line can include asynchronous or synchronous multiple first and/or second binding line sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Wai-Kwong Chan, Mary F. Allsopp, Kevin T. McGuire, Robert W. Nonnemann, Gordon A. Obrecht, Ronald B. Saluski, James A. Trchka, Hans J. Viebach, Peter A. Brandt, Robert R. Butler, Michael W. Shircliff, Samuel A. Walker, Thomas R. Miller
  • Binding line book tracking system and method
    Patent number: 5054984
    Abstract: A binding line including at least first and second binding line sections. The first binding line section is adapted to transport books therealong to a book exit station and the second binding line section is adapted to transport books therealong from a book entry station. The binding line includes a book transferring mechanism or subsystem for moving books from the book exit station of the first binding line section to the book entry station of the second binding line section as well as devices associated with book leaving the book exit station and books entering the book entry station for tracking books during transfer from the first binding line section to the second binding line section. The first binding line section can run at the same or a different speed than the second binding line section. In addition, the binding line can include asynchronous or synchronous multiple first and/or second binding line sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Wai-Kwong Chan, Mary F. Allsopp, Peter A. Brandt, Robert R. Butler, Kevin T. McGuire, Thomas R. Miller, Robert W. Nonnemann, Gordon A. Obrecht, Ronald B. Saluski, Michael W. Shircliff, Samuel A. Walker