David S Purcell

US Patent:

20180000270, Jan 4, 2018

Filed:

May 12, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/593409

Inventors:

David Scott PURCELL - Chandler AZ, US
John Robert MORRIS - Chandler AZ, US

International Classification:

A47G 25/90
A41D 19/00
A61B 42/50

Abstract:

An apparatus for dispensing a disposable glove and applying it to the hand of a user in which a stream of air drawn into an enclosed glove applying chamber through a constricted opening aligned with the heel of the glove inflates the topmost glove in a stack of gloves in the chamber so that a user can readily insert his hand into the glove. After the user has donned the glove on the hand, a wall of the chamber is opened to permit the user to readily withdraw his hand from the glove applying chamber while the air flow which originally inflated the top-most glove is disrupted. Upon closures of the chamber wall, the re-established air flow automatically inflates the next lower glove in the glove stack to prepare the next glove for receipt of another hand. The apparatus alternatively or in addition includes a glove removal chamber arranged to remove a glove from a gloved hand using a stream of air drawn into the glove removal chamber.

US Patent:

20170156530, Jun 8, 2017

Filed:

Feb 21, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/438208

Inventors:

David Scott PURCELL - Chandler AZ, US
John Robert MORRIS - Chandler AZ, US

International Classification:

A47G 25/90
A61B 42/50
A41D 19/00

Abstract:

An apparatus for dispensing a disposable polymeric film and applying it to the hand of a user or an object, in which a stream of air drawn into an enclosed inflation chamber through a constricted opening aligned with an open end of the polymeric film inflates the topmost of a stack of polymeric films in the chamber so that a user can readily insert his hand or an object into the polymeric film. After the user has donned the polymeric film on the hand or an object has been placed in the polymeric film, a wall of the chamber is opened to permit the user to readily withdraw his hand or the object from the chamber while the air flow which originally inflated the top-most polymeric film is disrupted. Upon closure of the chamber wall, the re-established air flow automatically inflates the next lower polymeric film in the polymeric film stack to prepare the next polymeric film for receipt of another hand or object.

US Patent:

20140305974, Oct 16, 2014

Filed:

Apr 27, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/114658

Inventors:

David Scott Purcell - Chandler AZ, US
John Robert Morris - Chandler AZ, US

International Classification:

A47G 25/90

US Classification:

223111

Abstract:

An apparatus for dispensing a disposable glove and applying it to the hand of a user in which a stream of air drawn into an enclosed glove applying chamber through a constricted opening aligned with the heel of the glove inflates the topmost glove in a stack of gloves in the chamber so that a user can readily insert his hand into the glove. After the user has donned the glove on the hand, a wall of the chamber is opened to permit the user to readily withdraw his hand from the glove applying chamber while the air flow which originally inflated the topmost glove is disrupted. Upon closures of the chamber wall, the re- established air flow automatically inflates the next lower glove in the glove stack to prepare the next glove for receipt of another hand.

US Patent:

20140110312, Apr 24, 2014

Filed:

Oct 24, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/659766

Inventors:

- STAMFORD CT, US
Thomas M. Lyga - Southbury CT, US
David Purcell - New Milford CT, US
Brad A. Swinford - New Milford CT, US

Assignee:

PITNEY BOWES INC. - STAMFORD CT

International Classification:

B07C 3/02
B65H 29/00

US Classification:

209584, 4147982

Abstract:

A divert assembly is described for a mailpiece sorter operative to sort mailpieces into one of a plurality of sortation bins. The divert assembly comprising a re-direct mechanism for selectively re-directing mailpieces travelling along a feed path into the sortation bin and causing each selected mailpiece to be re-directed at an angle relative to the stack of mailpieces to be accumulated in the sortation bin. The divert assembly also including a stacking assembly including a Leading Edge (LE) urge roller, a support blade, and a Trailing Edge (TE) alignment device. The LE urge roller accepts and urges each of the selected mailpieces toward a sidewall of the sortation bin while the support blade holds each of the selected mailpieces between the urge roller and the support blade and in an on-edge parallel relationship relative thereto. The support blade is moveably mounted relative to the LE urge roller to allow the accumulation of additional mailpieces between the LE urge roller and the support blade. The TE alignment device includes a stepper motor rotationally driving a cam about a rotational axis. The cam defines a surface operative to urge the trailing edge portion of each selected mailpiece toward the support blade and into alignment with the stack.

US Patent:

20140110313, Apr 24, 2014

Filed:

Oct 24, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/659783

Inventors:

- Stamford CT, US
Thomas M. Lyga - Southbury CT, US
David Purcell - New Milford CT, US
Brad A. Swinford - New Milford CT, US

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes, Inc. - Stamford CT

International Classification:

B07C 3/02
B65H 29/00

US Classification:

209584, 4147987

Abstract:

A stacking assembly is operative to protect stacked mailpieces from damage due to abrasion. The stacking assembly includes a support blade moveably mounted to a bin for accepting a stack of mailpieces and an ingestion assembly including a Leading Edge (LE) urge roller and Trailing Edge (TE) alignment device. The LE urge roller is operative to accept mailpieces from a supply of mailpieces, and urge a leading edge portion thereof toward a sidewall of the stacking bin. The TE alignment device includes a first cam driven about an axis of rotation by a digital rotary positioning device which cam defines a surface operative to urge the trailing edge portion of each mailpiece into parallel alignment with the support blade. The stacking assembly also includes an anti-abrasion linkage responsive to rotation of the digital rotary positioning device to forcibly displace a surface of the stacked mailpieces away from a moving surface of the ingestion assembly.