PATRICK RAPHAEL LANCASTER, III
Pilots at Riv Rd, Louisville, KY

6269610, Aug 7, 2001

Aug 20, 1998

9/137119

Patrick R. Lancaster - Louisville KY
Curtis Martin - Floyds Knobs IN

Lantech Management Corp. - Louisville KY
Lantech Holding Corp. - Louisville KY

B65B 1104

53399

A leading end of packaging material is grasped in a packaging material holder while a load is wrapped. Packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packaging material around the load. The packaging material holder may be positioned on the rotating surface of a turntable but isolated from any electrical or fluid power source of a rotatable surface of the turntable. During the wrapping cycle, the packaging material holder moves downstream along the turntable, automatically releasing the leading end of the packaging material and automatically grasping a trailing end of the packaging material. The packaging material is weakened and then severed between the packaging material holder and the load. The packaging material holder is mounted to permit it to move upstream due to force exerted by the packaging material held in the holder.

6185900, Feb 13, 2001

Apr 15, 1999

9/292006

Curtis Martin - Floyds Knobs IN
Patrick R. Lancaster - Louisville KY

Lantech Management Corp. - Louisville KY
Lantech Holding Corp. Lantech, Inc. - Louisville KY

B65B 1104

53211

A leading end of packaging material is grasped in a packaging material holder while a load is wrapped. Packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packaging material around the load. The packaging material holder is positioned on the rotating surface of a turntable but is isolated from any electrical or fluid power source of a rotatable surface of the turntable. During the wrapping cycle, a spring builds and stores energy as the packaging material holder moves downstream along the turntable, automatically releasing the leading end of the packaging material and automatically grasping a trailing end of the packaging material. At least a portion of the packaging material is cut between the packaging material holder and the load, and the spring releases the stored energy to move the packaging material holder upstream toward the dispenser.

2004012, Jul 8, 2004

Oct 1, 2003

10/674431

Patrick Lancaster - Louisville KY, US
Phillip Moore - Mt. Washington KY, US

Lantech.com, LLC.

B65B013/02

053/399000, 053/472000, 053/139700, 053/588000, 053/410000

A method and apparatus for providing corners of a load with cornerboards prior to wrapping the load is provided. The method may include providing a load on a load transport surface, removing a cornerboard from within a magazine by a gripper, and transporting the cornerboard to a corner of the load with the gripper. Relative rotation may be provided between the stretch wrap packaging material dispenser and the load to wrap the stretch wrap packaging material around the cornerboard and the load. If the cornerboard is not pre-formed, it is folded prior to transport to the load. The cornerboard is secured to the corner of the load with the stretch wrap packaging material. In a preferred embodiment, four magazines and four grippers are provided, such that four cornerboards can be carried to the load at the same time.

4177959, Dec 11, 1979

Oct 2, 1978

5/947828

William G. Lancaster - Louisville KY
Patrick R. Lancaster - Louisville KY

B65H 1918

242 582

An apparatus and process for effecting a flying splice of vertically positioned rolls of plastic film mounted on a reel. Each supply roll of film has an adhesive strip extending diagonally across the leading edge of the film web with a sleeve member mounted to the bottom of the adhesive strip. The sleeve member is moveably mounted on a guide member mounted to the reel to hold the leading edge in position and in correct orientation for its engagement with the film web of the expiring roll. The supply roll when rotated by the reel positions the leading edge of the supply roll with its adhesive strip against film web dispensed from the expiring roll, so that the leading edge of the film web of the supply roll is carried off the roll, with the sleeve member being carried off of the guide member.

6293074, Sep 25, 2001

Feb 20, 1998

9/026527

Patrick R. Lancaster - Louisville KY
David Eldridge - Ferncreek KY
Christopher Sandfort - Louisville KY

Lantech Management Corp. - Louisville KY
Lantech Holding Corp. - Louisville KY

B65B 1302

53399

A leading end of packaging material is attached to a retainer to hold the leading end of the packaging material as the retainer moves toward the load. The retainer is positioned adjacent the load and packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packaging material around the load. The packaging material is released from the retainer in response to force applied to the retainer to withdraw it from the wrapped load.

2002000, Jan 3, 2002

Jul 23, 2001

09/910075

Patrick Lancaster - Louisville KY, US
Steve Hack - Louisville KY, US
Steven DeGrasse - New Albany IN, US
Don Norris - Pleasureville KY, US

Lantech Management Corp.

B65B011/00

053/588000

A non-powered packaging material transporting surface for use in combination with a load support surface of a wrapping apparatus for wrapping a top and bottom of a load is provided. The non-powered packaging material transporting surface includes non-driven rollers aligned in an inline configuration, and a packaging material support guard adjacent to the non-driven rollers. The packaging material support guard bridges gaps between the inline rollers, thereby preventing capture of packaging material between the non-driven rollers. The non-driven rollers rotate as packaging material, wrapped around a load on a top surface of the load support surface and around the non-powered packaging material transporting surface on the underside surface of the load support surface, is moved along the transporting surface.

2006025, Nov 16, 2006

Mar 9, 2006

11/371254

Patrick Lancaster - Louisville KY, US
Richard Johnson - LaGrange KY, US
Willie Hall - Taylorsville KY, US
Jeremy Anderson - Cox's Creek KY, US
David Eldridge - Fern Creek KY, US

B65B 53/00, B65B 11/56

053556000, 053587000

A film dispenser for a stretch wrapping apparatus is provided. The film dispenser includes a pre-stretch assembly having a top portion mounted to and extending downwardly from a drive plate of a roll carriage frame. The pre-stretch assembly includes two pre-stretch rollers having first ends connected to the roll carriage frame and second ends connected to one another. The pre-stretch rollers may be coated. The pre-stretch assembly further includes a cantilevered idle roller mounted to the drive plate and positioned between the pre-stretch rollers. A film path is defined by the space between the pre-stretch rollers and the idle roller. The film path is easily accessible via the bottom end of the pre-stretch assembly.

5836140, Nov 17, 1998

Nov 13, 1996

8/746545

Patrick R. Lancaster - Louisville KY

Lantech, Inc. - Louisville KY

B65B 1302

53399

A stretch wrapping machine includes a film dispenser for dispensing packaging material and tensioning control means for controlling the tension of the packaging material during application to a load. The dispenser and tension controlling means may be used with a round frame, a frame with corners, a driving mechanism or a turntable, at least one of which will have signaling means for activating the tension controlling means.

4110957, Sep 5, 1978

Oct 7, 1976

5/730612

William G. Lancaster - Louisville KY
Patrick R. Lancaster - Louisville KY

B65B 1304

53589

An apparatus for wrapping a plurality of loads into a wrapped package comprising a conveyor adapted to receive a plurality of loads and a film dispensing apparatus. This film dispensing apparatus comprises a frame, a ring member rotatably mounted on the frame, a film roll support and brake member mounted on the ring member. A guide wrapping rail is aligned with the conveyor to receive and carry loads transported by the conveyor and is so positioned that one end passes through the ring member. A material handling assembly having two clamp mechanisms, is positioned adjacent the dispenser apparatus. One of the clamp mechanisms is adapted to alternately hold the leading edge of a roll of stretchable material carried by the ring member film roll support in a fixed position while the other clamp mechanism holds the trailing edge of the stretchable material to form the package wrap. Each clamp mechanism comprises two opposing bar members and a cutting blade secured to one bar member with its cutting edge being positioned between the two bar members for severing the web of the last wrap of overwrap material placed around the load. A drive wheel engages the ring member to alternately rotate the ring member in alternate opposite directions so that it dispenses material around the guide rail, the clamp mechanisms, and the load currently being carried by the guide rail with the brake member stretching the material as it is being placed around the load.

4387552, Jun 14, 1983

Dec 12, 1980

6/215684

Patrick R. Lancaster - Anchorage KY
William G. Lancaster - Louisville KY

Lantech, Inc. - Louisville KY

B65B 1104

53556

A process and apparatus for pre-stretching a plastic film material above its yield point in a roller assembly comprising at least two rollers connected for rotation at different speeds during a load wrapping operation. The downstream roller is at least partially driven by the film web connected to a turntable while the upstream roller rotates at a predetermined speed slower than that of the downstream roller to induce film elongation between the rollers. The force on the film between the roller assembly and the load is reduced by a powered constant torque device connected to the rollers to bring the force to the load down to a level permitting the film elongation between the roller assembly and the load to be equal to (balanced) or less than the elongation incurred between the rollers. The force from the torque device required to bring elongation on the load in balance with the elongation between the rollers will be equal to the difference between the force required to elongate the film between closely spaced rollers and the force required to hold the elongation after the film leaves the rollers corrected for the mechanical advantage and friction of the pre-stretch device. Since the film has been stretched above its yield point, the relieving of stress from the film between the rollers and the load allows the film to retain a high degree of pre-stretch elongation.