Robert S Lipscomb

US Patent:

45098913, Apr 9, 1985

Filed:

Jun 22, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/051217

Inventors:

Robert J. Lipscomb - West Chicago IL

Assignee:

Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc. - Franklin Park IL

International Classification:

B65G 5904

US Classification:

414113

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for supplying individually to a processing station, such as a banding station, metal coils which are provided in groups of adjacent side-by-side coils, the groups of coils being placed on a conveyor line in following order with the coils in each group stacked vertically, conveyed to a separating station in turn, and destacked by mechanically lifting from the top of each group, carrying forwardly, and depositing on the conveyor line at a depositing station individual coils of the group successively, while the group is stationary, and the deposited coils being conveyed forwardly towards the processing station. Following groups are accumulated on the conveyor line in advance of the separating station while a group of coils is stationary on the separating section for destacking thereof. A group of annular coils is oriented on a supporting conveyor section at the separating station prior to destacking, by inserting a stop member into the group through the openings in the coils and into abutting engagement with the rear portions of the inner wall surfaces of the coils, while driving the conveyor section.

US Patent:

20180075781, Mar 15, 2018

Filed:

Sep 9, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/261178

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Robert B. Lipscomb - Plainfield IL, US
William David Collings - Wheaton IL, US
Marcellino Santoro, JR. - Bartlett IL, US

International Classification:

G09F 1/06
G09F 15/00
G09F 1/10

Abstract:

A pop-up display apparatus includes a shroud having first and second sheets disposed in opposition to one another, the first and second sheets being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A stop member is disposed between the first and second sheets between the first and second joints and is connected to the first and second joints at a first height of the shroud. The stop member includes first and second stop elements arranged for translational movement in opposite directions relative to one another between a first and a second position. An elastic member, separate from the stop member, is connected to the first and second joints at a second height, the elastic member and being configured to bias the first joint toward the second joint. The first position of the stop member corresponds to a stowed state of the pop-up display and a substantially flat shroud profile and the second position of the stop member corresponds to a deployed state of the pop-up display and a convex shroud profile.

US Patent:

20180075788, Mar 15, 2018

Filed:

Sep 9, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/261191

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Douglas R. Cwidak - Arlington Heights IL, US
Robert B. Lipscomb - Plainfield IL, US
Todd Alan Arnett - Joliet IL, US
Marcellino Santoro, JR. - Bartlett IL, US
William David Collings - Wheaton IL, US

International Classification:

G09F 15/00

Abstract:

A display apparatus includes a shroud having a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in opposition to one another, the first substrate and the second substrate being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A free-floating stop member is disposed in a volume of the shroud between the first and second substrates and between the first and second joints, the free-floating stop member including a channel extending along the free-floating stop member for at least a portion of a length of the free-floating stop member. An elastic member couples the first joint to the second joint to exert a tensile force therebetween and passes through the channel of the free-floating stop member. The free-floating stop member is translatable vertically within the shroud between a first position and a second position and the free-floating stop member is dimensioned to stop inward travel of the first joint and the second joint responsive to the tensile force exerted by the elastic member.