Patents by Inventor William J. Burgis

William J. Burgis 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 providing automatic stacking of manufactured parts
    Patent number: 4034846
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conveying parts from a production machinery includes a first normally energized conveyor which conveys the parts from the production machinery to a first location, and discharges the parts into a parts stacking hopper at the first location, which stacks the parts on a second normally deenergized conveyor, and a photooptic control system which deenergizes the first conveyor and energizes the second conveyor when a predetermined number of parts have been stacked on the second conveyor to permit the stack of parts to be conveyed to a second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Bunting Magnetics Company
    Inventors: William J. Burgis, Gregory P. Stewart