Syed Ali Asghar

US Patent:

62131850, Apr 10, 2001

Filed:

Oct 13, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/170407

Inventors:

Syed Ali Asghar - Milwaukee WI
Mark G. Larson - Milwaukee WI
Bruce L. Heard - New Berlin WI
Clifford A. Boals - South Milwaukee WI

Assignee:

Krones, Inc. - Franklin WI

International Classification:

B31F 500

US Classification:

156556

Abstract:

In a device for feeding articles, cylindrical feed screws having left and right hand pitched helical grooves are arranged in parallel and are driven rotationally in opposite directions such that an article deposited in the space between the roots of the grooves at one corresponding end of the grooves will be advanced axially to the opposite ends for exiting from between the feed screws.

US Patent:

57359962, Apr 7, 1998

Filed:

Mar 28, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/623409

Inventors:

Syed A. Asghar - Brockton MA
Joseph F. Callinan - Natick MA
Paul D. Christo - Duxbury MA

Assignee:

Avery Dennison Corporation - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

B65C 904

US Classification:

156448

Abstract:

A system for applying labels, disposed on a web, to articles, comprising web transfer means for moving the web along a web path, said web path having a label transfer portion, a transfer platen, having a transfer surface, said surface being adjacent the label transfer portion, a plurality of label transfer elements, mounted to the platen and adapted to contact the web and to cause a label to transfer from the web to an article, and a plurality of article presentation means, a plurality of which are adapted to present an article to a the web and a transfer element. A system for applying decorative labels to articles, the system including unwind reel, a wind reel, a web, a web path which transfers the web from the unwind reel to the wind reel, a transfer point on the web path at which a label is transferred from the web to the article. The improvement lies in removing a piece of the web from the web at the transfer point using that piece as a portion of the label and removing it in such a way that the web remains capable of being transferred from the transfer point to the take up reel. The label is formed by perforating a portion of the web as a part of the label and by placing a thermally-actuated adhesive on the label portion of the web but not significantly on the non-label portion of the web.

US Patent:

57097704, Jan 20, 1998

Filed:

May 17, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/397078

Inventors:

Syed A. Asghar - Brockton MA
Joseph F. Callinan - Natick MA

Assignee:

Avery Dennison Corporation - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

B65C 918
B65C 924
B65C 930
B41F 1718

US Classification:

156447

Abstract:

An apparatus for applying heat transfer labels, disposed on a web, to containers. In one embodiment, the apparatus is intended for round, non-tapered containers and comprises a continuously rotating turret, a container transport system for continuously delivering containers to and away from the turret and a web transport system for moving a web containing heat-transfer labels into position for label transferring. The turret includes a rotably driven shaft and a plurality of cup assemblies arranged in a circle around the shaft and coupled thereto. Each cup assembly includes a cup used to hold a container, the cup being rotably driven independently of the shaft and in a required direction. A nozzle assembly is associated with each cup assembly and is used to secure a container within its respective cup and, if necessary, to inflate the container to impart sufficient rigidity thereto for labelling. Each cup assembly and its associated nozzle assembly together define a container holding station.

US Patent:

47356642, Apr 5, 1988

Filed:

Aug 6, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/763101

Inventors:

Syed A. Asghar - Brockton MA
Fritz Bauer - Shrewsbury MA
Joseph F. Callinan - Natick MA
Voldemars Kaliksons - Harvard MA
Jack Zettler - Stow MA
Peter Imondi - Providence RI
Alan Wysoki - Millis MA
Tim Somadelis - Auburn MA

Assignee:

Dennison Manufacturing Company - Framingham MA

International Classification:

B32B 3100

US Classification:

156 64

Abstract:

A decorator controlled by a signal processor for applying heat transfer labels and the like to articles. Servo circuits accept processor commands and direct operation of label feed and transfer elements. A transfer roller moves in a continuously variable manner to follow the contour of the article surface. A position roller precisely matches web movement to article movement, or enables controlled stretching or shrinking of the labels as they are applied to articles. A turret loads, indexes, and unloads articles for label application at two decorating sites. Indexing of the articles takes place as the turret is rotated.

US Patent:

53063821, Apr 26, 1994

Filed:

Nov 6, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/609508

Inventors:

Maurice D. Pichel - Milford MA
Syed A. Asghar - Brockton MA

Assignee:

Avery-Dennison Corporation - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

B32B 3100

US Classification:

156361

Abstract:

Apparatus for converting a heat transfer labeller of the type which transports labels on a carrier web to a heat transfer site, to use as a film pressure sensitive labeller. Devices at and around the label transfer site are removed and replaced with a peel plate and label applicator for pressure transfer of labels. Idler rolls are added to the machine to guide the label carrier web from an unwind reel to the pressure transfer site, and from the transfer site to a take-up reel. A take-up drive is provided to pull and collect the web, providing adequate tension for dispensing film pressure sensitive labels. The take-up drive may comprise a controlled speed take-up motor at the take-up reel, or may comprise a label registration drive which supplements the pulling force provided by the take-up reel. Optionally, a substitute take-up reel with high torque drive may entirely replace the take-up mechanism of the heat transfer labelling machine.

US Patent:

20220305688, Sep 29, 2022

Filed:

Jun 3, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/616827

Inventors:

- Lynchburg VA, US
Syed Ali Asghar - Richmond TX, US
Harold James Marshall - Forest VA, US

International Classification:

B26D 7/02
B65G 47/86
B66C 1/54

Abstract:

Aspects of the disclosure relate to a clutch assembly () for handling a container, and an associated method for using the clutch assembly. The clutch assembly includes a shaft () configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction, opposite from the first direction. The clutch assembly further includes a clutch coupled to a first end of the shaft. The clutch includes at least two rollers () configured to move into a first position, extending radially beyond a periphery of the clutch, and out of the first position, extending radially flush with or inward from the periphery of the clutch.