Michael B Cruver

51470276, Sep 15, 1992

Jan 31, 1992

7/830536

Michael Cruver - Port Townsend WA

Formost Packaging Machines, Inc. - Woodinville WA

B65G 4726

1984193

Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of orbiting pusher members includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting pusher member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movement of the row of articles behind a segregated group of articles pushed against such pusher member for enabling such group of articles to be engaged and pushed by the next orbiting pusher member.

50945858, Mar 10, 1992

Aug 7, 1990

7/563635

Michael Cruver - Port Townsend WA

Formost Packaging Machines, Inc. - Woodinville WA

B65G 5711

4147903

Stacking mechanism includes an accelerating conveyor for launching flat articles edgewise toward a stacking station, a continuously moving conveyor for moving stacks of articles away from the stacking station, two intermittently rotatable rotors and a stationary plate therebetween forming the stacking station, the rotors each having for pegs upstanding from their margins in orthogonal relationship so that a peg of each rotor will engage a stack of articles at the stacking station simultaneously and push the stack from the stacking station onto the discharge conveyor.

45164878, May 14, 1985

May 5, 1982

6/375051

David P. Madison - Stamford CT
Michael B. Cruver - Port Townsend WA

A21C 900
A21C 1100

994506

A tortilla-folding machine has a series of four continuously traveling elevationally spaced belt conveyors for successively transporting a tortilla as it is being folded. Initially the leading portion of the tortilla carrying a foodstuff filler is supported beyond the discharge end of the first belt conveyor by a folding roller rotating in the same direction as the adjacent conveyor discharge end roller. As the filler approaches the nip between the folding roller and the adjacent conveyor belt roller, such folding roller is moved away from the conveyor belt and its direction of rotation is reversed. The counterrotating rollers draw the tortilla down between them to fold the tortilla under the foodstuff filler, propel the fold through the gap between such rollers and deposit the doubled tortilla onto a continuously traveling second belt conveyor with its opposite side portions overlying two quarter belts, respectively, which infold such opposite side portions over two cantilever rods. As the tortilla is transported by the second belt conveyor it is slid along such rods and over their free ends. At the discharge end of such conveyor an oscillating blade folder turns the doubled leading portion of the tortilla back onto the trailing portion behind the foodstuff filler and transfers the tortilla to the third belt conveyor.

50129163, May 7, 1991

Oct 13, 1988

7/256899

Michael Cruver - Port Townsend WA

Formost Packaging Machines, Inc. - Woodinville WA

B65G 4726

1984193

Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of orbiting pusher members includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting pusher member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movement of the row of articles behind a segregated group of articles pushed against such pusher member for enabling such group of articles to be engaged and pushed by the next orbiting pusher member.

50206559, Jun 4, 1991

Aug 17, 1989

7/395381

Michael Cruver - Port Townsend WA

Formost Packaging Machines, Inc. - Woodinville WA

B65G 4726

1984193

Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of article grouper members moved continuously in an orbit includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting grouper member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movement of the row of articles behind a segregated group of articles pushed against such grouper member for enabling such group of articles to be moved out of the way followed by release of such clamping conveyor or clamp arms to enable the next group of articles to be pushed against the next orbiting grouper member.