Patents by Inventor William Menta

William Menta 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).

  • Apparatus and method for erecting tote containers
    Publication number: 20050176567
    Abstract: A new and improved apparatus or system for automatically assembling or erecting tote containers, and a corresponding method or process for practicing or implementing the assembly or erection of the tote containers, is disclosed wherein tote container workpieces are disposed in a serial array within a magazine or hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: William Menta, Wojciech Biernacki
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ERECTING TOTE CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20050101465
    Abstract: A new and improved apparatus or system for automatically assembling or erecting tote containers, and a corresponding method or process for practicing or implementing the assembly or erection of the tote containers, is disclosed wherein tote container workpieces are disposed in a serial array within a magazine or hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: William Menta, Wojciech Biernacki
  • Compact case forming machine
    Patent number: 6669616
    Abstract: A case forming machine for assembling erected cases from blanks including a stacking means configured for receiving a supply of blanks, an opening and forming means for erecting the blanks and ejecting erected cases, and the machine is constructed and arranged so that the stacking means is configured for biasing the supply of blanks in a first direction and the forming means is configured so that the blanks are ejected in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Wojciech Bierenacki, William Menta