Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Colin P. Cahoon
  • Method and unit for banding groups of bank notes
    Patent number: 6513303
    Abstract: A stack of bank notes with substantially parallelepiped shape and a defined stacking axis is formed by a forming machine and fed by a gripper to a banding unit equipped with a part which receives and grips each stack, which operates in conjunction with a banding machine for the application of a pair of first retaining bands, each wrapped around the stack at its opposite ends and at least one second retaining band which is wrapped around the stack in such a way that it is in contact with two transversal surfaces and two lateral surfaces, so that portions of the first bands and second band overlap one another on each of the two opposite transversal surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Currency Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Armando Neri
  • Partial OCR note confirmation methods
    Patent number: 6510238
    Abstract: Methods for identifying a note with a partial OCR of one or more characters in the note's serial code. The methods record the characters read and associates each character read with its field position in the serial code. The method can use this information or combine the character and field information with positional information of the note within a stack in order to identify a note with a reasonable degree of statistical probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Currency Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Glen Haycock
  • Chemical spot test for lead in paint and other media
    Patent number: 6489170
    Abstract: A one-step chemical spot test for the qualitative determination of lead in lead-based paint and other media. This test is based upon the reaction of lead with sodium rhodizonate under strong acid conditions to develop an intense purple colored complex. The acid preferred is dilute hydrochloric acid. The test is performed in one step using a dropper, plastic cylinders, or like apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Inventor: Sandra Lynn Cole
  • Consumables container with multi-functional cap
    Patent number: 6472007
    Abstract: An improved container for food and other perishable products comprising a simple construction and a multi-functional cap. The container allows for the storage of multiple products separately within the container as well as consumption of the products while “on the go.” The multi-functional cap nests over and seals the mouth end of the container, allows for the nesting of a sub-container inside the cap, and allows the products to be resealed without contaminating each other. The container is ergonomically and stylishly shaped to provide a comfortable hand grip for a variety of consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Anthony Bezek, Patrick Joseph Bierschenk, John Joseph Michels
  • Method for determining bag size and case pack configurations
    Patent number: 6473718
    Abstract: A method for determining bag size to adequately accommodate a food product filled into a ba y a form and fill machine, and subsequently determining the appropriate case pack configuration. The method efficiently and accurately determines a bag size that is large enough to accommodate the product that falls into the bag without interfering with the sealing process of the bag and while determining the appropriate amount of fill within the bag. The method uses various empirically determined relationships from historical bag sizing trials for a specific product and applies these relationships to a series of models in order to solve for a bag length. The method eliminates the need for costly and time-consuming bag sizing trials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Recct, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Bierschenk, Boderick Gerard Hall, Joseph Paul Sagel
  • Method of controlling banknotes
    Patent number: 6453061
    Abstract: A method of controlling banknotes provides for acquiring a first image of a banknote having two successive prints; determining a relative deviation of the prints; determining deformation of the banknote; forming a second image as a function of the relative deviation, of the deformation, and of a third and fourth image characteristic of the respective successive prints; and emitting an error signal when the luminance values of the first image are outside first ranges relating to luminance values of the second image, or when the relative deviation is outside a second range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Currency Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Armando Neri, Stefano Chini
  • Display rack
    Patent number: D462202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: RECOT, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Jr., Denis Peter Gibney, Frederick David Lindsay, Reggie Wayne Stubblefield
  • Display rack
    Patent number: D462203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Jr., Denis Peter Gibney, Frederick David Lindsay, Reggie Wayne Stubblefield
  • Display arms assembly
    Patent number: D462220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Jr., Denis Peter Gibney, Frederick David Lindsay, Reggie Wayne Stubblefield
  • Display arms assembly
    Patent number: D466748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: RECOT, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Battaglia, Jr., Denis Peter Gibney, Frederick David Lindsay, Reggie Wayne Stubblefield
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D467507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Bryant, Gerald Louis Forget, William J. Hendricks, Edward H. Lerner
  • Flexible package
    Patent number: D468196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. Graham
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D469358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Welch Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Bryant, William J. Hendricks, Edward H. Lerner, Jim F. Warner, Insun Yun
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D469359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Welch Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Bryant, William J. Hendricks, Edward H. Lerner, Jim F. Warner, Insun Yun
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D469695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Welch Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Bryant, William J. Hendricks, Edward H. Lerner, Jim F. Warner, Insun Yun
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D469696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Welch Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Bryant, William J. Hendricks, Edward H. Lerner, Jim F. Warner, Insun Yun
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D470058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Welch Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Bryant, Gerald Louis Forget, William J. Hendricks, Edward H. Lerner
  • Folding flexible bag
    Patent number: D470405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Robert Knoerzer, Steven Kenneth Tucker
  • Snack food container
    Patent number: D471101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Anthony Bezek, Joseph Paul Sagel
  • Snack food container
    Patent number: D471102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Recot, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Edward Gehring, Joseph Paul Sagel, Timothy Leroy Uebele