Robert J Simmons

US Patent:

41543475, May 15, 1979

Filed:

Dec 5, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/857719

Inventors:

Richard H. Vander Meer - Arvada CO
Robert L. Simmons - Lafayette CO

Assignee:

Goldco Industries, Inc. - Golden CO

International Classification:

B65G 5703

US Classification:

414 59

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for palletizing articles delivered by an accumulator belt onto a pallet in transverse rows of alternating orientation, with the first and last transverse rows of each tier of articles on the pallet being of the same orientation, such palletization being accomplished by engaging and lifting the transverse row of an appropriate orientation which immediately follows the last transverse row of a first tier, loading a second tier of articles with the transverse row immediately following the lifted transverse row forming the first transverse row of such tier, reforming the lifted transverse row into a transverse row of the appropriate orientation by side shifting, and inserting the reformed lifted transverse row as the initial transverse row of a third tier of articles.

US Patent:

D3445399, Feb 22, 1994

Filed:

Oct 3, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/770661

Inventors:

Robert J. Simmons - Denver CO

Assignee:

RJ Technical Services, Inc. - Denver CO

US Classification:

D19 1

US Patent:

51468204, Sep 15, 1992

Filed:

May 10, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/697980

Inventors:

Peter Nemeth - Aurora CO
Tibor Dancs - Aurora CO
Robert L. Simmons - Lafayette CO
Istvan Kalman - Westminster CO

Assignee:

Machine Design Service, Inc. - Denver CO

International Classification:

B26D 162

US Classification:

83 37

Abstract:

The cutting apparatus and method of the present invention involve feeding a newsprint wrapper or any other sheet of paper downwardly along a planar path between two rotating cutters. Each of the cutters includes a planar blade member with an outer, sawtoothed cutting portion. In operation, the blade members are rotated about respective axes to move their cutting portions downwardly along arcuate paths that preferably pass through the path of the downwardly fed sheet. The arcuate paths of the cutting portions overlap and one of the cutting portions of the blade members is spaced farther from its rotational axis than the other. It is also moved tangentially faster about its axis than the cutting portion of the other blade member. In this manner, a cutting action is produced which first punctures and then subsequently tears or shreds a horizontal cut across the downwardly fed sheet to cut it into smaller pieces or segments.