Peter E Bianchetto, Age 509 Mary Anne Dr, Franklin, MA 02038

6817566, Nov 16, 2004

Oct 30, 2002

10/283701

John W. Clifford - Ashland MA
Andrew P. Butler - Marion MA
Peter E. Bianchetto - Foxboro MA
Pierre Gachet - Mouxy, FR
Robert Mavilia - Braintree MA

Butler Automatic, Inc. - Middleborough MA

B65H 1914

242552, 2425541, 2425542, 2425594, 2425982, 2425993, 156564

A web handling apparatus includes a base, a housing, a splicing head mounted in the housing, and first and second non-rotatable swing out roll shafts, each shaft having opposite first and second ends. The roll shafts are normally positioned in the housing substantially parallel to the splicing head so that web can travel through the splicing head to on from web rolls on the roll shafts. A web accumulator mounted to the housing conducts web to or from the splicing head and the housing is movably mounted to the base so that the housing can move relative to the base in either direction parallel to the roll shafts. An actuator connected between the housing and the base moves the housing relative to the base in response to signals from a web position sensor so as to minimize the side lay of web extending to or from the apparatus. The splicing head employs special mirror image upper and lower splicing sections which facilitate preparation of the leading end of the ready web while the other web is running and the two splicing sections cooperate to make a consistent high quality butt or lap splices between the two webs.

6312208, Nov 6, 2001

Aug 9, 2000

9/635530

H. W. Crowley - Newton MA
John W. Clifford - Ashland MA
Peter Bianchetto - Foxboro MA

Roll Systems, Inc. - Burlington MA

B65H 2900

414398

A system for stacking continuous folded forms or web coming from a folder and separator and moving to a conveyor. A table is positioned adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontally-extending stack of folded forms disposed on the table top. The table is a tiltable table and is able to be tilted from a substantially-horizontal position to a substantially-vertical position to likewise move the stack from a horizontal to a vertical stack position. A cart is movable to a position adjacent to the tilted table for receiving from the table the vertical stack for support on the cart. The cart can include a plurality of storage locations that can each be provided with a stack.

6120043, Sep 19, 2000

Jul 16, 1998

9/116713

H. W. Crowley - Newton MA
John W. Clifford - Ashland MA
Peter Bianchetto - Foxboro MA

Roll Systems, Inc. - Burlington MA

B62B 302

280 792

A system for stacking continuous folded forms or web coming from a folder and separator and moving to a conveyor. A table is positioned adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontally-extending stack of folded forms disposed on the table top. The table is a tiltable table and is able to be tilted from a substantially-horizontal position to a substantially-vertical position to likewise move the stack from a horizontal to a vertical stack position. A cart is movable to a position adjacent to the tilted table for receiving from the table the vertical stack for support on the cart. The cart can include a plurality of storage locations that can each be provided with a stack.

6170855, Jan 9, 2001

Oct 8, 1998

9/168552

Peter E. Bianchetto - Foxboro MA

Roll Systems, Inc. - Burlington MA

B62B 302

280651

A web roll cart for loading, unloading, and transporting rolls of web material wherein a handle may be pivoted between two different orientations, regardless of the presence of a roll of web material thereon. The two handle orientations permit the cart to be steered from either of two sides, and further permits a roll of web material to be presented to a web handling device in either of two orientations. A locking mechanism is provided so that the handle may be locked securely in either orientation while the cart is being steered. In a preferred embodiment, the web roll cart further includes four wheels, with two of the four wheels on casters for steering, and a v-shaped bed for receiving a roll of web material.

5692999, Dec 2, 1997

Apr 29, 1994

8/235506

H. W. Crowley - Newton MA
John W. Clifford - Ashland MA
Peter Bianchetto - Foxboro MA

Roll Systems, Inc. - Burlington MA

B65H 2900

493416

A system for stacking continuous folded forms or web coming from a folder and separator and moving to a conveyor. A table is positioned adjacent and in line with the conveyor and in a position for receiving a horizontally-extending stack of folded forms disposed on the table top. The table is a tiltable table and is able to be tilted from a substantially-horizontal position to a substantially-vertical position to likewise move the stack from a horizontal to a vertical stack position. A cart is movable to a position adjacent to the tilted table for receiving from the table the vertical stack for support on the cart. The cart can include a plurality of storage locations that can each be provided with a stack.

4455190, Jun 19, 1984

Apr 20, 1983

6/495301

Peter E. Bianchetto - Foxboro MA
John H. Frohock - Brockton MA

Butler Automatic Inc. - Canton MA

B65H 1914
B65H 1918

156504

An improved splicing apparatus has a splicer head comprising a pair of opposed upper and lower traveling carriages each of which supports an idler roller, a nip bar which is swingable on its carriage between a ready position downstream from its corresponding idler roller and a web preparation position at the front of the splicer head and means for pushing the nip bar towards the opposite nip bar when both carriages are in their advanced positions. A knife carriage located on the head between the two nip bar carriages retracts when either nip bar carriage retracts to permit the nip bar on the opposite carriage to be swung to its web preparation position. The knife carriage supports a knife which can be actuated momentarily to urge it from a normal retracted position to an advanced position wherein it intercepts one of the nip bars when that nip bar is in its splicing position against the opposite nip bar. The present splicer facilitates preparation of a ready web in a quick convenient and safe manner and it also produces splices between webs having little or no tails in a reliable and efficient manner.

5558318, Sep 24, 1996

Mar 29, 1994

8/219503

H. W. Crowley - Newton MA
Stephen E. Silva - Acton MA
Peter E. Bianchetto - Foxboro MA
John W. Clifford - Ashland MA
Bruce J. Taylor - Manchester NH

Roll Systems, Inc. - Burlington MA

B65B 3550
B65G 5700
B65H 2900

270 3905

A system for conveying folded web and forming discrete stacks of folded web comprising a conveyor that receives a stack of folded output web from a web folder and separator. The conveyor drives the web from an upstream end, adjacent the web folder and separator, to a downstream end. A supporting surface, which can comprise a plurality of pivoting rails biased by a spring, selectively supports the web remote from and off of the conveyor so that a compressed stack can be formed adjacent the folder and separator. At selected times, the stack is moved by the supporting surface into communication with the folder and separator so that it can be conveyed downstream. An elevator platform can be located at the downstream location for receiving successive stacks thereon. The elevator ascends and descends so that the tops of the successive stacks are aligned with the conveyor for receipt of a further stack thereon. The elevator platform can include a drive that enables it to rotate so that successive stacks are deposited on the elevator platform in a rotationally offset orientation relative to each other.