Daniel G Phillips

US Patent:

20060122047, Jun 8, 2006

Filed:

Dec 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/004718

Inventors:

Daniel Phillips - Bel Air MD, US
Yury Polikov - Pikesville MD, US
Joseph Weishew - Oreland PA, US

International Classification:

B31B 7/00

US Classification:

493101000

Abstract:

A corrugated box finishing machine has a station where dust, debris and other particles are cleaned from the corrugated boards before they are conveyed to the printing station. Electrostatic charges on the particles are neutralized by a static bar and the particles are then removed from the boards by a rotating brush. The particles are drawn into a vacuum chamber underlying the path of conveyance of the boards, and the static bar is positioned in an enclosure in proximity to the boards but isolated from the vacuum in the vacuum chamber. The enclosure has surfaces which direct the particles away from the static bar which is oriented to further minimize contact with the removed particles. The cleaning brush includes a plurality of brush sections mounted on a rotatable shaft made from carbon fiber material.

US Patent:

20060230565, Oct 19, 2006

Filed:

May 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/431221

Inventors:

Daniel Phillips - Bel Air MD, US
Yury Polikov - Pikesville MD, US
Joseph Weishew - Oreland PA, US

International Classification:

A46B 13/00

US Classification:

015179000, 015181000

Abstract:

A corrugated box finishing machine has a station where dust, debris and other particles are cleaned from the corrugated boards before they are conveyed to the printing station. Electrostatic charges on the particles are neutralized by a static bar and the particles are then removed from the boards by a rotating brush. The particles are drawn into a vacuum chamber underlying the path of conveyance of the boards, and the static bar is positioned in an enclosure in proximity to the boards but isolated from the vacuum in the vacuum chamber. The enclosure has surfaces which direct the particles away from the static bar which is oriented to further minimize contact with the removed particles. The cleaning brush includes a plurality of brush sections mounted on a rotatable shaft made from carbon fiber material.

US Patent:

20060264310, Nov 23, 2006

Filed:

May 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/431397

Inventors:

Daniel Phillips - Bel Air MD, US
Yury Polikov - Pikesville MD, US
Joseph Weishew - Oreland PA, US

International Classification:

B31B 7/00

US Classification:

493101000

Abstract:

A corrugated box finishing machine has a station where dust, debris and other particles are cleaned from the corrugated boards before they are conveyed to the printing station. Electrostatic charges on the particles are neutralized by a static bar and the particles are then removed from the boards by a rotating brush. The particles are drawn into a vacuum chamber underlying the path of conveyance of the boards, and the static bar is positioned in an enclosure in proximity to the boards but isolated from the vacuum in the vacuum chamber. The enclosure has surfaces which direct the particles away from the static bar which is oriented to further minimize contact with the removed particles. The cleaning brush includes a plurality of brush sections mounted on a rotatable shaft made from carbon fiber material. Downstream of the cleaning brush a plurality of magnets extend transversely adjacent the path of conveyance to attract and remove metallic particles from the boards as they are conveyed to the printing station.

US Patent:

61797634, Jan 30, 2001

Filed:

Mar 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/265816

Inventors:

Daniel Cunnington Phillips - Abingdon MD

Assignee:

Sun Automation Inc. - Sparks MD

International Classification:

B31B 125

US Classification:

493 60

Abstract:

An existing box-making machine is retrofitted by first removing the pull rolls and impression cylinder and other associated parts and cross-ties. However, the heavy duty side frames and drums, including the print cylinder are left intact in the box-making machine. A vacuum transfer machine is then inserted in the box-making machine and mounted to the existing frame to replace the pull rolls that were removed. The vacuum transfer machine includes a hood enclosure having an impression cylinder for printing, and transport rolls on opposite sides of the impression cylinder for conveying the corrugated boards through the impression and print cylinders and to the die cutter. The boards are held against the transport rolls and the impression cylinder by vacuum generated in a vacuum chamber in the hood which also contains the transport rolls and the impression cylinder. The vacuum chamber contains a plurality of vacuum dampers for controlling the vacuum area in accordance with the size of the boards being processed. For creating vacuum in the vacuum chamber, high performance "volume blowers" are included on the top of the vacuum transfer machine.